Antisense RNA digoxigenin-UTP probes were transcribed using SP6 or T7 RNA polymerases (Roche), according to the orientation of the insert in the plasmid. In situ hybridizations were performed on dissected catshark lower jaws and dissected tails as previously described [41 (link)] with proteinase K treatments (10 μg/ml) as in [4 (link)]. The color detection step was performed using the NBT-BCIP reaction (Roche). Samples were post-fixed in 4 % PFA after whole mount in situ hybridization, then cleared and stored in glycerol at 4 °C until photographed.
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