Complete excision of the P{GawB} element. Surrounding genomic sequences are unaffected.
The median lifespan for prosV14 animals (the age after egg laying at which 50% of homozygotes have died) is 14.28 days at 25oC.
Homozygous second instar larvae show normal or nearly normal responses to 0.1M sucrose and to 0.3M NaCl in a taste response assay.
The neuromuscular junction of muscles 6 and 7 of the second abdominal segment is not different from that of wild type in mutant larvae.
The courtship index of heterozygous males towards decapitated Canton-S males is not significantly different from that of wild-type males towards decapitated Canton-S males.