Deletion resulting from FLP-recombinase-mediated excision using the FRT-containing transposons PBac{WH}f04302 and PBac{RB}e04215 that flank the gene.
Df(2R)hbs-j5/Df(2R)ED2423 mutants display a reduction in bristle numbers on the thorax compared with wild-type.
Inferred to overlap with: Df(2R)ED2423.