No change has been found in the sequence of the coding region when compared to the wild type gene.
98% of embryos derived from homozygous females terminate in the A7 abdominal segment.
Embryos from homozygous females display a range of phenotypes from trk- to almost wild type. Those embryos with partial terminal development always lack the most terminal structures. Embryos from females carrying two copies of trk5 have more terminal structures than embryos from females hemizygous for trk5.
Eggs derived from homozygous females cellularise normally but become abnormal at gastrulation; the cephalic furrow is shifted forward, the posterior midgut is missing and the germband forms to the posterior end of the embryo. The embryos lack anterior head structures and structures posterior to segment A7 (the labral segment and telson).
trk5 has embryonic abdominal segment 8 phenotype, suppressible by styS73