The zebrafish floating head mutant demonstrates podocytes play an important role in directing glomerular differentiation.

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In zebrafish, the pronephric glomerulus occupies a midline position underneath the notochord and is vascularized through angiogenic capillary ingrowth from the dorsal aorta. The midline mutants floating head (flh), sonic you (syu), and you-too (yot) provide the opportunity to study glomerular differentiation in the absence of the notochord and vascularization from the dorsal aorta. In flh, syu, and yot mutants,...

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