Premature reduction of gt protein in the posterior domain. In the head region the middle stripe persists as an unbroken band covering the entire ventral side.
Interacts with RpII140wimp maternal effect.
Posterior gt expression domain fails to narrow completely to a stripe during cellularization.
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fkh1, hb4, kni10, tll1 has abnormal cell polarity | gastrula stage phenotype