The lethality seen in homozygous or hemizygous Fer2LCHneo60 mutants cannot be rescued by the addition of iron.
Fer2LCHneo60 mutants grow to mid-first instar after hatching and then stop growing. They are arrested at this stage but survive for approximately 7 days before dying.
Fer2LCHneo60 mutant larvae show diminished BrdU incorporation and triacylglycerol levels 18hrs after hatching, as found in starved wild-type flies.
Fer2LCH[+]/Fer2LCHneo60 is an enhancer of scutellar bristle | increased number phenotype of SsdpL7
Fer2LCH[+]/Fer2LCHneo60 is a non-enhancer of wing margin phenotype of Bx2
Fer2LCH[+]/Fer2LCHneo60 is a suppressor of scutellar bristle | increased number phenotype of Chie5.5
Fer2LCH[+]/Fer2LCHneo60 is a non-suppressor of wing margin phenotype of Bx2
Fer2LCHneo60 is rescued by Scer\GAL4Act5C.PI/Fer2LCHUAS.cLa
Ubiquitous expression of Fer2LCHScer\UAS.cLa under the control of Scer\GAL4Act5C.PI rescues the first instar larval stage lethality seen in Fer2LCHneo60 mutants.
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