[];57B13--14
[];57B13--14
57B1;57B13-57B14
This deletion removes a single ribosomal protein-coding gene (though other genes are also removed).
Complements Df(2R)017.
Complements Df(2R)F36.
Df(2R)E2/Df(2R)Pu-D17 transheterozygotes show gross disorganization of epithelial tissues in the head, ventral epidermis, Malpighian tubules and tracheal ducts. Malpighian tubule tip cells are present and differentiate into neurons, as in wild type. Phenotype is alleviated by shghs.PU.
Flies heterozygous for the deletion do not show a Minute bristle phenotype.
The Df(2R)E2 chromosome does not act as a dominant suppressor of telomeric silencing (assayed using the effect of the chromosome on the eye colour phenotype of flies carrying "P{wvar}KR3-2", a stable "brown-red" variant of the P{3'WP-2,wvar}2Lt insertion).
All limits from polytene analysis (FBrf0086666)