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Fig. 4

Wild-type embryonic hearts in the Tg(cmlc2:gCaMP)^s878 background exhibit atrial and ventricular conduction waves, whereas mutant hearts exhibit atrial, but no ventricular, conduction waves. SPIM videos of live 48 hpf hearts in the Tg(cmlc2:gCaMP)^s878 background (see SI Movies 3 and 4) were processed to determine the fluorescence intensity of selected regions of the heart over time. Each selected region has a corresponding number plotted below. The dotted lines mark an arbitrary point in time to facilitate comparison across the different plots. (a) In a wild-type heart, fluorescence intensity varies with time in atrial and ventricular regions of the heart as the wave of depolarization propagates through the heart. This wave represents a wild-type heart rhythm. (b) In a kcnh2^s290 mutant heart, fluorescence intensity varies in the atrium, but the ventricle maintains a constant, low-level intensity. The mutant heart lacks a ventricular conduction wave.

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