Entire thorax is shorter abd broader than wild type. Anal pads are enlarged leading to a dorsal shift of the posterior spiracles. Anal pads are the weak point of the cuticle causing the embryos to burst posterior to the 8th abdominal denticle belt when removed from the vitelline membrane.
embryonic lethal no maternal effect in homozygous germ-line clones
Lefevre.
Maternal germline clonal analysis demonstrates there is no maternal effect.