amorphic allele - molecular evidence
The mir-956 hairpin has been deleted. A loxP cassette which contains both the Scer\GAL4 coding sequence and a w+mW.hs marker is present at the site of the deletion.
abnormal immune response | adult stage
female fertile
male fertile
germline cell | embryonic stage (with Df(3L)BSC727)
mir-956KO/Df(3L)BSC727 embryos show a significant increase in primordial germ cell number compared to controls.