FLP-mediated recombination between the two progenitor insertions (P{XP}CG1146d03461 and PBac{WH}Spnf01597), resulting in deletion of the genomic sequence between them.
Df(3L)Spn-Δ3.1/Df(3L)BSC116 mutants die during pupal stages. Larval neuromuscular junctions in these mutants show an increase in active zone scaffold densities, and these are smaller; there is an increase in the frequency of spontaneous synaptic vesicle release in the presynaptic motoneuron, and a decrease in synaptic vesicle release evoked by single action potentials, as compared to controls; but average NMJ size is unchanged.
Df(3R)RhoGAP100Fex3.4/+ suppresses the neuromuscular junction phenotypes seen in Df(3L)Spn-Δ3.1/Df(3L)BSC116 mutants.