Animals homozygous for any of wded06198, wdeEY00884 or wdeTD63 mutant alleles or transheterozygous for any combination of the three alleles die at pupal stages. Rare escapers can be obtained by raising homozygous mutant larvae separated from their heterozygous siblings. Adult homozygous escapers are weak and survive only for a few days. The ovaries of homozygous mutant females are tiny and do not develop to the stage when egg chambers bud off from the germarium.
Homozygous wded06198 mutant germ-line clones do not produce any eggs and do not develop beyond stage 8. The nuclei of germ-line cells are highly condensed and degenerate subsequently showing signs of apoptosis.
wded06198 is a non-enhancer of egg chamber | germline clone phenotype of egg1473
wded06198 is a non-suppressor of egg chamber | germline clone phenotype of egg1473
The lethality and ovary phenotype of the wdeTD63 allele is fully rescued by wdeScer\UAS.P\T.T:Avic\GFP under the control of Scer\GAL4da.G32.