Insertion of 8.8kb DNA element into the transcribed region of Tm2.
8-kb copia-like insertion
Flightless mutant, having structurally and functionally abnormal flight muscles.
identical to Tm23 dominant flight-defective Heterozygotes frequently hold wings up. Homozygotes lack myofibrils and display characteristic departures from wild-type protein patterns in two-dimensional gels (Mogami and Hotta, 1981).
The insertion is the same size and location as that in Tm23, however the flight muscle defects associated with Tm25 are more severe, probably due to one or more additional mutations in the Tm25 genome.