Spermatids contain two or four nuclei associated with a single large nebenkern. Females are semi-sterile. Phenotype is less severe in trans to deficiencies.
female semi-sterile. Spermatids with two or four nuclei associated with a large Nebenkern. Phenotype less severe when hemizygous with a deletion.
A. Spradling.
The P{PZ}CG4342707735 insertion maps within the CG43427 transcription unit. It is not yet known whether or not the sterility associated with the chromosome maps to the insertion. Thus shk07735 (representing the sterility) has been kept as a separate allele in FlyBase for now.
Complements: bob1.