Amino acid replacement (Q to stop) at a position that corresponds to residue 520 in the A isoform, residue 821 in the B isoform, and residue 866 in the C isoform.
C22814838T
Q866term | stl-PC; Q866term | stl-PE
Q866term
2R_r5:18702343..18702343
Site of nucleotide substitution in mutant inferred by FlyBase based on reported amino acid change. The amino acid sequence changes were reported with respect to three alternative transcripts.
Mutant ovarioles in adult females lack the interfollicular stalks that normally separate adjacent wild-type follicles. This phenotype results from failed follicle individualisation, rather than from persistent germline cell division, because mutant ovarioles contain germ cells at varying stages of maturation and groups of 16 interconnected germ cells that would correspond to a single germline cyst in wild-type are still recognisable. Degeneration is seen in the mutant ovarioles, which increases with age, and both germline and somatic cells appear to degenerate.
Has yolk containing cells at various locations within the egg chambers, many egg chambers degenerate, few collapsing eggs. Males are fertile.
95.4% of stl4/+ ; Dl9/+ ovarioles have compound or morphologically disrupted follicles.
96.1% of stl4/+ ; Dl3/+ ovarioles have compound or morphologically disrupted follicles.
58.3% of stl4/+ ; DlX/+ ovarioles have compound or morphologically disrupted follicles.
20.8% of stl4/+ ; Df(3R)Dl-BX12/+ ovarioles have compound or morphologically disrupted follicles.