Insertion of a P{lacW} element.
Homozygous females are completely sterile, eggs that are laid are grossly normal but fail to hatch. Females heterozygous with mwra excision alleles (mwr1, mwr2, mwr3 or mwr4) are nearly or completely sterile. Mutation impairs segregation of nonexchange chromosomes. Meiotic defect is in homologue recognition as the chromosomes appear to be misaligned on an intact spindle.
Excision of P{lacW} insertion partially relieves the female sterile phenotype but excisions retain the dominant nodDTW enhancing activity.