abnormal size | larval stage (with sti1)
imaginal disc (with sti1)
imaginal disc (with sti2)
imaginal disc (with sti3)
neuroblast & chromosome (with Df(3L)F10)
neuroblast & chromosome (with sti1)
neuroblast & chromosome (with sti5)
sti4/Df(3L)F10 mutant third instar larval brains do not exhibit a mitotic index higher than in wild-type. However, they exhibit a much higher level of polyploid neuroblasts. Approximately 35% of sti4/Df(3L)F10 cells are 4N, 37.7% 8N, and 7.8% are over 8N. Approximately 6.5% of sti4/Df(3L)F10 cells exhibit a hypercondensed chromosome phenotype, in combination with 8N or more polyploidy. sti4/sti1 mutant third instar larval brains do not exhibit a mitotic index higher than in wild-type. However, they exhibit a much higher level of polyploid neuroblasts. Approximately 24.2% of sti4/sti1 cells are 4N, 20.9% 8N, and 16.5% over 8N. Approximately 3.3% of sti4/sti1 cells exhibit a hypercondensed phenotype. sti5/sti4 mutant third instar larval brains do not exhibit a mitotic index higher than in wild-type. However, they exhibit a much higher level of polyploid neuroblasts. Approximately 50.5% of sti5/sti4 cells are 4N, 12.9% 8N, and 1.0% over 8N. sti5/sti4 third instar neuroblasts do not exhibit a hypercondensed phenotype. sti4 homozygous, sti4/Df(3L)F10, sti1/sti4, sti2/sti4, and sti4/sti3 flies have very small imaginal discs and are lethal at the prepupal stage.
Separable from: P{lacW}l(3)S044823S044823.
Based on lethal phase analysis the following sti alleles can be ranked from the most severe to the weakest as follows: sti3 > sti1 = sti2 = sti4 > sti5.