Df(3R)nau-11a4/Df(3R)nau-9 females are sterile; they oviposit at rates equivalent to wild-type, but the eggs are unfertilised.
Df(3R)nau-11a4/Df(3R)nau-9 embryos are missing a subset of dorsal muscles. These animals survive to adulthood and do not appear to have flight defects.
Df(3R)nau-11a4/Df(3R)nau-9 transheterozygotes survive to adulthood, at a rate approximating that of the heterozygous Df(3R)nau-11a4 or Df(3R)nau-9 siblings. Df(3R)nau-11a4/Df(3R)nau-9 females can lay eggs, but they do not develop further and appear to be unfertilised. Df(3R)nau-11a4/Df(3R)nau-9 adults have normal flight ability. Df(3R)nau-11a4/Df(3R)nau-9 embryos lack subset of muscle fibres, including the dorsal oblique, dorsal acute and lateral longitudinal muscles. Df(3R)nau-11a4/Df(3R)nau-9 embryos expressing nauUAS.cKa under the control of Scer\GAL4how-24B do not show significant absence of these muscle fibres. Novel muscle fibres are occasionally present in Df(3R)nau-11a4/Df(3R)nau-9 embryos.
Homozygotes hatch into crawling larvae.
Deficiency breaks upstream of nau and deletes towards the centromere.