Homozygous females have no germ cells.
Hemizygotes exhibit extreme atrophy of the ovaries.
ovo::Bole\ovoODM generally does not rescue the defects seen in ovoD1rv29 females; only 1 transgenic line out of 4 tested rescues the females to fertility. ovo::Bole\ovoODP generally does not rescue the defects seen in ovoD1rv29 females; only 1 transgenic line out of 3 tested partially rescues the female sterile phenotype.
Female sterility can be rescued by ovoS-7.2.
Gans.