Disconnect between the developing eye and craniofacial prominences in the avian embryo

dc.contributor.author Jomaa, Jamil ca
dc.contributor.author Martínez-Vargas, Jessica ca
dc.contributor.author Essaili, Shadya ca
dc.contributor.author Haidera, Nida ca
dc.contributor.author Abramyana, John ca
dc.contributor.other Consorci del Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona ca
dc.date.accessioned 2025-11-05T13:10:33Z
dc.date.available 2025-11-05T13:10:33Z
dc.date.issued 2020-02-07
dc.description In the amniote embryo, the upper jaw and nasal cavities form through coordinated outgrowth and fusion of craniofacial prominences. Adjacent to the embryonic prominences are the developing eyes, which abut the maxillary and lateral nasal prominences. The embryos of extant sauropsids (birds and nonavian reptiles) develop particularly large eyes in comparison to mammals, leading researchers to propose that the developing eye may facilitate outgrowth of prominences towards the midline in order to aid prominence fusion. To test this hypothesis, we performed unilateral and bilateral ablation of the developing eyes in chicken embryos, with the aim of evaluating subsequent prominence formation and fusion. Our analyses revealed minor interaction between the developing craniofacial prominences and the eyes, inconsequential to the fusion of the upper beak. At later developmental stages, the skull exhibited only localized effects from missing eyes, while geometric morphometrics revealed minimal effect on overall shape of the upper jaw when it develops without eyes. Our results indicate that the substantial size of the developing eyes in the chicken embryo exert little influence over the fusion of the craniofacial prominences, despite their effect on the size and shape of maxillary prominences and components of the skull. Keywords: Craniofacial prominenceMicrophthalmiaAnophthalmiaMaxillary prominenceMedial nasal prominenceLateral nasal prominenceFrontonasal massChicken embryo
dc.format application/pdf ca
dc.format.extent 29 p. ca
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2072/373937
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2020.103596
dc.identifier.citation Mechanisms of development, vol. 161 (March 2020), 103596 ca
dc.identifier.entitat consorcis ca
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11703/120754
dc.language eng ca
dc.provenance Recercat (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya) ca
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dc.subject Morfologia animal ca
dc.subject Ocells ca
dc.subject.category Ciència i tecnologia ca
dc.subject.forma articles ca
dc.title Disconnect between the developing eye and craniofacial prominences in the avian embryo
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dc.type.driver info:eu-repo/semantics/article ca
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