The social space index of mutant flies is not significantly different from wild-type controls.
Mutants do not show a change in sleep need after exposure to social enrichment, in contrast to control flies which show an increase in sleep requirement after exposure to social enrichment.
dncM11 and parasbl-1 males show increased courtship with Acp70Ag.Yp1.hs females than wild type males.
Homozygous flies do not show significant resistance to dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro ethane (DDT) compared to wild-type flies.
Heat sensitive period is from during embryonic development to prepupal stage, before the onset of metamorphosis. Cold sensitive period of females may begin as early as the embryonic stage and extends to the adult stage.
Fails to complement paraID30 and parahd5 for viability. Homozygotes are viable and show a broadly based olfactory defect that alters their ability to respond to odorants representing multiple chemical classes. Does not show temperature sensitive paralysis. Transheterozygotes with parahd1, parahd2 and parats1 show normal olfactory response to 10-1 propionic acid. Transheterozygotes of parats1 with parasbl-1, parasbl-5 and parasbl-6 show a significant increase in temperature sensitive paralysis compared to parats1/+ controls. Inviability is enhanced in a mlenap-ts1 background.
Defective in larval response to propionic acid and contact chemosensory response. Females lay eggs at 29oC which then die as larvae: normal survival is seen at 25oC.
Sziber.
Missense mutation that eliminates the 'olfactory specific' splice form of para through specific exon-skipping events.