Adults with homozygous Ir25a1 have proboscis extension rates that are significantly reduced in response to fatty acids, but not in response to sucrose, compared to controls.
In olfactory preference assays for polyamines, Ir25a1/Ir25a1 flies do not show any significant difference in their attraction to putrescine or cadaverine, as compared to wild type, and females do not show any significant difference in their aversion to oviposit on polyamine-rich substrate (plain, sugar-free 1% agarose supplemented with either putrescine or cadaverine) versus non-supplemented substrate, as compared to wild type.
Ir25a1 is rescued by Scer\GAL4Gr64f.9.7/Ir25aUAS.cAa
Ir25a2/Ir25a1 is rescued by Ir25a+tCH322-32C20
Ir25a1 is partially rescued by Scer\GAL4Ir25a.PA/Ir25aUAS.cAa
Generated by gene targeting at the Ir25a locus.