Adult escapers of the lethality show prolonged development time and die within 24 hours of eclosion, their bristles are thin and straw coloured, and body does not darken, the wing axillae are melanized similar to the mutant phenotype of sp, the leg joints are melanized similar to a wound reaction, and they walk on their tibia rather than their tarsi, although they are coordinated.
Specific DDC activity of newly eclosed adult CyO/Ddc heterozygotes, as percentage of CyO/+ control: 53.3
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Alleles of Ddc show intracistronic complementation. Ddc5 complements Ddc1, Ddc2, Ddc3, Ddc4, Ddc5, Ddc6 and Ddc8, and all complementary combinations involve Ddc5 or Ddc8.
Certain combinations of Ddc alleles show intragenic complementation.