4.6kb deletion within the rod transcription unit, removing the 5' half of the gene up to codon 1144 and a portion of the intergenic region between rod and pygo.
nucleotides 538-5109 of GB:AF114152 deleted
abnormal mitotic cell cycle
lethal | recessive
mitotic anaphase
neuroblast
Neuroblasts in rodX-1 mutant brains exhibit chromosome nondisjunction, but the brains do not display a premature neuroblast loss phenotype.
% abnormal anaphases: 42.5
rodX-1 is rescued by rod+tC3L9