Immediately after lights-off, both the wild-type and HdcP211 mutant electroretinograms start a sharp recovery, but soon the mutant lags behind to wild-type. This phenotype is much diminished after a 0.2-second pulse of light compared to a 3-second pulse. Indeed, in the majority of cases, the individual mutant flies that display slow termination kinetics after a long pulse have a faster repolarization after a short pulse.
On/off transients of ERG are missing.
Induced by chemical mutagenesis. Mutants consistently show very low levels (10-fold less than wild type) of histamine synthesis.