midgut primordium & S phase
E2f164/Df(3R)e-D7 adults are viable and fertile. The pattern of BrdU incorporation suggests that S phase is prolonged in the midgut of E2f164/Df(3R)e-D7 embryos.
E2f1164/E2f191, Rbf14/Rbf120a has abnormal developmental rate | larval stage phenotype
E2f1164/E2f191, Rbf14/Rbf120a has increased cell death | larval stage phenotype
E2f1164/E2f191, Rbf14/Rbf120a has abnormal size | larval stage phenotype
E2f1164/E2f191, Rbf14/Rbf120a has abnormal body size | larval stage phenotype
E2f1164/E2f191, Rbf14/Rbf120a has increased occurrence of cell division | larval stage phenotype
The early larval lethality of Rbf14/Y males is partially suppressed by E2f91/E2f164; these larvae survive to the third larval instar stage. Their development is delayed by about 2 days compared to wild type, and most of the larvae can develop further into pupae. The Rbf14/Y ; E2f91/E2f164 larvae and pupae are slightly smaller than wild type. Some develop into very late stage pupae with adult structures (such as eyes, legs, wings, cuticle and bristles) but they cannot completely eclose. Adult Rbf14 flies rescued by expressing Rbfhs.PD during the first 3 days after egg laying show a number of alterations in adult structures such as abnormal macrochaetae on the notum and rough eyes. These adult phenotypes are also rescued without heat shock if the flies are also carrying E2f91/E2f164. There are two differences in the pattern of BrdU incorporation in the eye discs of Rbf14/Y ; E2f91/E2f164 larvae compared to wild type. Firstly, the G1 arrested region in the morphogenetic furrow is much narrower, cells just anterior to the morphogenetic furrow are not arrested in G1, instead they become part of the first mitotic wave. Secondly, some cells posterior to the second mitotic wave still incorporate BrdU. Rbf14/Y ; E2f91/E2f164 eye discs are slightly smaller than normal. There is increased cell death (seen just anterior to the morphogenetic furrow) in these eye discs compared to those of wild-type or E2f91/E2f164 larvae.
Mobilisation of the insertion results in eight internal deletions of the P-element and three precise excisions. Precise excision reverts the enhanced In(1)wm4h variegation phenotype.