female sterile | recessive
lethal - all die during embryonic stage | recessive | rescuable maternal effect
some die during embryonic stage | rescuable maternal effect
embryonic/first instar larval cuticle
embryonic segment
Embryos derived from homozygous females show abnormalities only late in development. The embryos show irregular segmentation, with variable segment fusions and holes in the cuticle. The phenotype is ameliorated by a paternal wild-type copy of bot.