Homozygous embryos develop normally during early embryogenesis, with DNA staining suggesting that mitoses are normal throughout the first 16 epidermal cell divisions. Late mitoses and cell divisions in embryonic neural precursors also appear to be unaffected. Despite this, 95% of homozygous embryos die before hatching. Rare larval escapers have almost no motor activity and fail to grow.
l(3)80Fj2-30, vtdunspecified has visible phenotype
vtdunspecified is a suppressor of phenotype of Pcunspecified
l(3)80Fj2-30, vtdunspecified has macrochaeta phenotype
l(3)80Fj2-30, vtdunspecified has eye phenotype
l(3)80Fj2-30, vtdunspecified has ommatidium phenotype
l(3)80Fj2-30, vtdunspecified has sex comb phenotype
l(3)80Fj2-30, vtdunspecified has adult abdominal segment 5 & cuticle phenotype
Nearly all vtd mutant alleles are moderately to strongly semi-lethal in combination with l(3)80Fj2-30. Escapers have rough and notched eyes and small or thin bristles and males often have reduced sex combs and sometimes unpigmented patches of cuticle in the 5th abdominal segment.
