Homozygotes show local fragility of the adult cuticle; the cuticle in the leg joints is ruptured by mechanical stress, leading to melanisation of the damaged spots. The flies subsequently die as pharate adults or within a few hours after eclosion.
Eclosing adults appear initially normal but die within a few hours following rupture of the cuticle at joints. Ruptures become melanized.
A. Spradling.
Excision of the P{PZ} is accompanied by reversion of the mutant phenotype.
Complements: diak07135. Complements: diak07140. Complements: l(2)01528k13715a. Complements: dppk17036a. Complements: dia1.