Insertion of a 5.1kb defective Tirant element (deleted from position 4316 to 7456 and contains only the last three of six 102bp repeats) within a 0.25kb EcoRI fragment approximately 1.6kb upstream of the transcription start site.
anterior dorsocentral bristle & trichogen cell
posterior dorsocentral bristle & tormogen cell
scutum & macrochaeta
scutum & macrochaeta & tormogen cell
scutum & macrochaeta & trichogen cell
scutum & microchaeta
svde/Df(4)G flies have more severe bristle defects than svde homozygotes. Almost all homozygotes eclose, but the adults are uncoordinated and die within a few days of eclosion. Homozygotes show bristle defects over the entire body surface. The microchaetae and macrochaetae of the notum can have stunted or misshapen shafts, or may have empty sockets. Macrochaetae also occasionally show a double socket phenotype. The empty socket phenotype is often seen at the position of the anterior dorsocentral bristle, while the posterior dorsocentral bristle more often has a double socket phenotype.
More extreme than svn. Thorax denuded over large areas. Phenotype more severe than H2; bristleless sockets found on adult integumentary derivatives of all imaginal discs; nearly 100% penetrance on thorax. Shafts, where present, often bent, twisted, or forked; up to 97% of bristle organs on wing costa and distal leg segments fail to produce normal shafts. Bracts present when bristle normally formed; otherwise bracts missing (Tobler, Rothenbuhler and Nothiger, 1973). Both sexes sterile. RK2.
E.M. Wallace, 24th Jan. 1937.
R.B. Goldschmidt.
The order of severity of the microchaete phenotype is: sv6 = sv7 = sv8 > svde > svn.