Mutation within coding region: eliminate m function.
dMP2 neuron | embryonic stage 17 (with Abd-BM5), with Abd-BUAS.cCa, Scer\GAL4elav-C155
larval MP1 neuron | embryonic stage 17 (with Abd-BM5), with Abd-BUAS.cCa, Scer\GAL4elav-C155
An A7-like terminal abdominal segment (similar to abdominal segment 7 found in wild-type females) forms and A6 sternite is transformed toward anterior identity in Abd-BFab7-1/Abd-BM2 trans-heterozygous males.
dMP2 and MP1 neurons appear to be generated throughout the ventral nerve cord in normal numbers in Abd-BM2/Abd-BM5 embryos. However, at stage 17, all dMP2 and MP1 neurons (including posterior ones) appear to undergo apoptosis (in wild-type embryos, the anterior dMP2 and MP1 neurons are lost by the late embryonic stage, but posterior dMP2 and MP1 neurons persist). Expression of Abd-BScer\UAS.cCa under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155 in late stage Abd-BM2/Abd-BM5 embryos results in the suppression of cell death normally seen in anterior dMP2 and MP1 neurons in wild-type late stage embryos.
A5-A8 are transformed to A4, females lack genitalia, and there is a weak haploinsufficient transformation of A5-A8. Parasegments 10-13 are transformed to parasegment 9 in embryos.
Abd-BM5/Abd-BM2 is rescued by Abd-BUAS.cCa/Scer\GAL4Vap.P0201
Fails to complement iab-5 and iab-6 alleles.