7.5kb gypsy insertion within an 86bp intron in the 5' non-coding region of the transcript.
Homozygotes, hemizygotes and heteroallelic with phoc die as pharate adults. Pupae exhibit transformation of antenna into legs, partial transformation of meso- and metathoracic legs into prothoracic, pattern duplications (presence of a sixth tarsal segment) and deficiencies in the legs (partial claw formation), partial transformation of abdominal segments to a more posterior identity and transformation of parovaria into spermathecia.
pupal lethal
phoc is a suppressor of phenotype of nanosunspecified
Duncan.
Homozygotes die before pharate adult stage and hemizygotes survive with a weak pho phenotype. This suggests lethality could be due to a second site lethal. Recombinants were isolated, one gave a homozygous viable pho phenotype, the pho allele is referred to as phocv, it is not known if this is a partial revertant of phoc or removal of the second site lethal.