FlyBase curator comment: this entry is used to capture phenotypic information when the particular allele (or allele combination) used by the author could not be determined but the context of the experiment suggests that the phenotype being described is some kind of loss of function.
The position effect variegation at the w locus caused by In(1)wm4h is significantly suppressed by reptunspecified/+.
reptunspecified has suppressor of variegation | dominant phenotype, enhanceable by CG8677[+]/CG86773602
reptunspecified/rept[+] is an enhancer of suppressor of variegation | dominant phenotype of CG86773602
reptunspecified is an enhancer of decreased cell number | somatic clone phenotype of MycPL35
reptunspecified is an enhancer of decreased cell size | somatic clone phenotype of MycPL35
reptunspecified is an enhancer of ommatidium | somatic clone phenotype of MycPL35
CG86773602/+ ; reptunspecified/+ double heterozygotes show a synergistic effect on the position effect variegation at the w locus caused by In(1)wm4h, showing strong suppression of position effect variegation.
Heterozygosity for reptunspecified in dmPL35 eye somatic clones results in a slight decrease in the number and size of ommatidia compared to dmPL35 eye somatic clones. Heterozygosity for reptunspecified and pontunspecified in dmPL35 eye somatic clones results in a decrease in the number and size of ommatidia compared to dmPL35 eye somatic clones in a wild-type background and in reptunspecified or pontunspecified heterozygous backgrounds.