Promoter is deleted, a cryptic promoter is used (sws).
Mutation causes an intermediate denticle phenotype. Denticles tend to be smaller and have thinner hooks than wild-type denticles. They are also less orderly along each row and sometimes have a floppy appearance.
Bristles are bent due to disrupted actin filament bundles.
Weak bristle phenotype, female fertile.
class 2 - female fertile with kinky macrochaetae only
Bridges, 30126.