... in the developing pharyngeal epithelium before and/or during the period of taste bud formation (see Fig. S1J-L in the supplementary material , data not shown). pea3 is expressed in taste bud Calb2b + and surrounding cells, but not Tg(tph1b:egfp) -expressing cells ( Fig. 1K,L ), prompting us to ask whether Fgf...

...,hypoplasia of the pharyngeal epithelium secondarily resulted in failure to form the pharyngeal arch arteries. The pharyngeal arch arteries normally give rise to a complex vascular network connecting the dorsal aorta to the outflow tract vessels of the heart. Loss of the pharyngeal arch artery system led...