P element mediated transformation of a wild type copy of Gld rescued the non-eclosion mutant phenotype.
Pharate adults attempt to eclose but cannot break the operculum seams, after days of trying individuals die with their heads jammed into the anterior puparium. Excision of the anterior puparium before stage P15 will rescue virtually all flies. Rescued adults are fully viable and fertile.
homozygous lethal
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