Polytene chromosomes normal.
Point mutation.
Strong phenotype. Embryos almost completely lack cuticle: due to cell death in epidermal primordium. Morphogenetic abnormalities in the developing tracheal system result in few remaining aggregates of tracheal cells. Morphogenetic abnormalities and cell death were detected in the presumptive foregut and hindgut. Salivary glands also undergo cell death.
Strong crb allele.
The phenotype of amorphic crb mutants is essentially the same as the phenotype of amorphic sdt mutants. Embryos doubly mutant for sdt and crb mutants show the same phenotype as embryos singly mutant for either gene. Phenotype can be alleviated by a duplication for sdt+, Dp(1;2)sn+72d.