Heterozygous males have ectopic bristles on the ventral side of segment A6, indicating anterior transformation (A6 to A5).
heterozygotes show a iab-7 phenotype.
Abd-BHCJ199/Abd-B[+], Scer\GAL4Act5C.PI, scfRNAi.UAS has lethal | female phenotype
The viability of females expressing scfdsRNA.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4Act5C.PI in a Abd-BHCJ199/+ background is one-tenth that of wild-type females.