Recombination between PBac{WH}dgt4f06125 and PBac{RB}e02478, resulting in deletion of the entire Nsun2 gene.
A 3.1 kb deletion which removes the Nsun2 gene and the 5' end of dgt4, created by FRT-mediated recombination between PBac{WH}dgt4f06125 and PBac{RB}e02478.
Nsun2ex1/Y males hatch in expected numbers, are fertile and appear morphologically normal and fully viable. Equally viable Nsun2ex1 females show markedly reduced fertility.
Nsun2ex1/Y brains do not show any major morphological deficits.
Mutant flies show normal innate odour reactions and shock avoidance. However, they suffer from a drastic lack of olfactory short-term memory within 3 minutes after a single training in an aversive olfactory conditioning paradigm.
Nsun2ex1 is rescued by Nsun2UAS.cAa/Scer\GAL4elav.PLu
Scer\GAL4elav.PLu-mediated expression of Nsun2Scer\UAS.cAa fully rescues the short-term memory phenotype of Nsun2ex1 mutants.