Insertion of a P{GSV7} element in one of the common exons of mod(mdg4), such that the ATG sequence of the 5' P-element end of the P{GSV7} element restores the open reading frame of mod(mdg4) with the loss of the first 8 mod(mdg4) amino acids. Scer\UAS sequences present in the inserted P{GSV7} element may drive expression of the resulting synthetic mod(mdg4) open reading frame in the presence of a Scer\GAL4 driver.
mod(mdg4)GS23019/mod(mdg4)GS23019 survive until adult stage but have reduced viability and fitness, males are fertile and females are sterile and both show weak homeotic transformations of abdominal segments A6-8: in males s6 (sternite of the sixth segment) has 4-5 bristles, t7 (tergite of the seventh segment) is slightly enlarged and usually bears several bristles; in females s7 bears 7-14 (average 9.5) bristles and often 3 large instead of 2, and t8 occasionally bears a couple of small bristles.
mod(mdg4)m9/mod(mdg4)GS23019 have pharate adult lethality and homeotic transformations (A6-8): in males s6 has 3-5 bristles, t7 is enlarged and bears several bristles; in females s7 bears 7-14 (average 9.5) bristles and often 3 large bristles instead of 2, and t8 occasionally bears a couple of small bristles.
mod(mdg4)GS23019 has homeotic phenotype, enhanceable by CTCFEY15833/CTCFEY15833
mod(mdg4)m9/mod(mdg4)GS23019 is an enhancer of homeotic phenotype of CTCFEY15833/CTCFy+1
mod(mdg4)GS23019/mod(mdg4)GS23019 is an enhancer of homeotic phenotype of CTCFEY15833
CTCFEY15833, mod(mdg4)GS23019 has female semi-fertile phenotype
Cp190P1/Cp1903, mod(mdg4)m9/mod(mdg4)GS23019 has lethal - all die during pupal stage phenotype
Though Cp190P1/Cp1903 or mod(mdg4)m9/mod(mdg4)GS23019 flies die as pharate adults with fully formed cuticles, Cp190P1 mod(mdg4)m9/Cp1903 mod(mdg4)GS23019 double mutant flies die as pupae (P5-7).
CTCFy+1 mod(mdg4)GS23019 / CTCFEY15833 mod(mdg4)m9 show early pupal lethality (stage P1-4), with rare escapers that die at pharate adult stage and show strong homeotic transformations: in males genitalia is rotated by 180[o], s6 has 4-11 (average 9) bristles, display a small cuticle structure with 1-2 bristles interpreted as s7, t7 is well developed, and t8 is well separated from t9 and bears rows of large bristles; in females phenotypes are as in CTCFy+1/CTCFEY15833 but t8 always has rows of large bristles.
CTCFEY15833/CTCFEY15833 mod(mdg4)GS23019/mod(mdg4)GS23019 double mutants are viable, males are fertile but females have reduced fertility and flies show stronger homeotic transformations of abdominal segments 6-8 than in either single mutant: in males, genitalia is rotated by 90-180[o] (100%), s6 has 4-15 (average 8) bristles, t7 is well developed, t8 is separated from t9 and bears 0-2 bristles; in females, s7 has 10-15 (average 13) bristles and t8 always has a row of bristles.