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Lethal in combination with Df(2L)FCK-20. Df(2L)FCK-20/Df(2L)k07716-V.1 animals die at the pupal stage and no adult escapers are seen. The mutant pharate adults have rough eyes, scalloped wings and bristles are shorter than normal or missing. Wings discs of mutant third instar larvae show high levels of apoptosis compared to control discs. Mitotic neuroblasts from Df(2L)FCK-20/Df(2L)k07716-V.1 larval brains show a high frequency of telomere fusions and chromosome breaks. Single telomeric associations (in which a single telomere fuses with either its sister telomere or a single non-sister telomere) and double telomere associations are seen. Metaphases with rearranged chromosomes and hyperploid/polyploid cells are seen. Chromosome breaks involving either one or both sister chromatids are seen. Df(2L)FCK-20/Df(2L)k07716-V.1 mutant cells are at least one order of magnitude more sensitive than wild-type cells to the induction of chromosome breaks by irradiation.
FlyBase curator comment: The combination Df(2L)FCK-20/Df(2L)k07716-V.1 is referred to as "mre11DC".