Construct: 140bp AvaII-SalI fragment of Acp70A cDNA sequences is replaced with a 460bp AvaII-SalI fragment of genomic DNA containing two thirds of the coding region interrupted by a 65bp intron.
Expression of SPg.Yp1.hs reduces the receptivity and increases oviposition in virgin females.
Females bearing Acp70Ag.Yp1.hs exhibit a constitutively increased feeding rate that is not further elevated by mating.
In Acp70Ag.Yp1.hs virgin females a prolonged stimulation of oviposition corresponding to about 70% of the full wild-type male induced response is seen.
Females with and without eggs extrude their ovipositor towards courting males, this rejection behaviour is ineffective at suppressing wild type male courtship. Half of females with eggs can suppress male courtship and females without eggs fail to. dncM11 and parasbl-1 males show increased courtship with Acp70Ag.Yp1.hs females than wild type males.
SPg.Yp1.hs has abnormal mating behavior | virgin female limited phenotype, non-suppressible by Df(1)JC70/Df(1)Exel6234
SPg.Yp1.hs is an enhancer of short lived | female phenotype of otu6
Expression of SPg.Yp1.hs in Df(1)JC70/Df(1)Exel6234 mutant females fails to reduce receptivity, but results in a small but significant increase in oviposition.
otu6 homozygous females that also express Acp70Ag.Yp1.hs have an extremely short life span, that is significantly lower than that of otu6 single homozygous females.