CRM positive. 34 bp deletion in 3' coding region (724-758); read through of normal termination triplet.
chemical sensitive (with Adhn1)
Flies of the transheterozygous mutant genotypes Adhfn23/Adhn1 and Adhfn23/Adhfn6 both show the same defective phenotypic response to ethanol. These flies experience a hyperactive phase that is of a much lower magnitude than in wild type. The proportion of akinetic flies is substantially higher amongst the Adh mutants than in wild-type flies and the mutants accumulate higher amounts of ethanol. However, the mutants have a normal startle response to ethanol.
Adhfn23 mutants exhibit a severely delayed recovery from ethanol exposure.
Sofer.
Used, carried in P-element vectors along with other Adh alleles, to study gene conversion and unequal crossing over to re-generate "Adh+". Conversion frequencies are lower between dispersed repeats than between tandem repeats.