Polymorphism in the 5' untranslated region.
Either a large insertion or cytologically undetectable rearrangement, between +8.0 and +10.5 (coordinates as in FBrf0048245).
Mutation causes a severe denticle phenotype. Denticles tend to be smaller and have thinner hooks than wild-type denticles. They are also less orderly along each row and sometimes have a floppy appearance.
Bristles are bent due to disrupted actin filament bundles.
Weak bristle phenotype, female fertile.
class 2 - female fertile with kinky macrochaetae only
Bridges, 1912.