Heterozygous females produce eggs that are slightly shorter than normal and have short, wide dorsal appendages. These dorsal appendages are often fused at their base, which is shifted more posteriorly than wild-type. The eggs seldom begin embryogenesis.
dominant female-sterile. Little or no embryogenesis in embryos from mutant females.
Analysis of germ-line chimeras shows that this mutation is germ-line- dependent.