Polytene chromosomes normal.
wing & macrochaeta & adult
wing vein L2 & macrochaeta & adult
Flies have ectopic bristles.
No effect on the faf eye phenotype.
Homozygotes display ectopic bristles on the L2 wing vein.
Transheterozygotes with hL43a have an extra chaetae phenotype.
viable Extra hairs on wings but fewer than in h1. Extra hairs not present on scutellum, pleurae, or top of head. Bristles cylindrical with javelin heads. Some abnormal abdomen effect. RK2.
Bridges, 23rd April 1928.
Does not behave as a genetic suppressor of faf mutations.