The P{PZ}stc05441 insertion (FBti0005150), is identified as an allele of CG15269 on molecular grounds as well as an allele of stc on genetic grounds.
The embryonic central nervous system has no obvious abnormalities in homozygotes. Homozygous embryos show little movement within the egg case, fail to hatch and die.
A. Spradling.
Excision of the P{PZ} element can revert the mutant phenotype.
Complements: gft06430.
Precise excision of the P-element completely reverts the lethal phenotype.