Mutant males lack 30-minute courtship memory after 1 hour of conditioning in a courtship conditioning assay. This defect is significantly suppressed if the males are fed 0.1mM 20-hydroxy-ecdysone for 10 minutes immediately prior to conditioning.
The peak dihydropyridine (DHP)-sensitive current in rut2 larval muscles is significantly decreased (78.6 +/- 7.5% of wild-type value) compared to wild type. The current can be increased to 88.2 +/- 3.7% of wild type by application of 1μm forskolin. The peak current is not inhibited by 10 μm H-89 (a PKA inhibitor).
recovered as partial suppressor of the female sterility of homozygous dnc females.
rut2 has abnormal memory | adult stage phenotype, suppressible by Scer\GAL4Mef2.247.Switch/DopEcRUAS.cIb
rut[+]/rut2 is a non-suppressor of nurse cell | increased number phenotype of dncM14/dnc221b
Expression of DopEcRScer\UAS.cIb under the control of Scer\GAL4Mef2.247.Switch in adult mushroom body neurons (using RU486 to limit the timing of expression) restores courtship memory in a courtship conditioning assay in rut2 males.
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Selected as: Suppressor of the sterility caused by dncM14.