24.1kb genomic sequence that encompasses the Mhc transcription unit, extending from approximately 850bp upstream of the transcription start site to 1.3kb 3' of the second polyadenylation site within exon 19.
Both Mhc+t24.1 hetero- and homo-zygosity in a Mhc10 background is viable and adults can fly. In the Mhc+t24.1, Mhc10 double homozygosity condition, pupal and adult indirect flight muscles show regularly packed myofibrils, with six thin filaments around each thick filament and well-formed sarcomeres.
Flies expressing Mhc+t12.4 are able to jump 1.5-fold farther than Mhc10 mutants.
Relaxed tension of tergal depressor of the trochanter (TDT) muscle expressing Mhc+t12.4 is very low, especially compared to the indirect flight muscles. Net active tension is approximately 30-fold higher than passive tension in Mhc+t12.4 flies, whereas all myosins tested in the indirect flight muscles exhibit passive tension levels almost equal to net active tension. TDT expressing Mhc+t12.4 exhibit a very steep tension-pCa curve.