Insertion of approximately 5kb DNA between -10 and -11 (coordinates as in FBrf0042036), within the fourth intron.
Fully complements SxlfLS. Homozygous females show a high degree of lethality; 70% die as embryos, 28% die as larvae. Those that survive are normal females. Homozygous clones also develop female structures. Homozygous germ cell clones give rise to functional eggs. Sxlf7,M1/Sxlfc flies lack gonads and occasionally have a male spot on the fifth and sixth tergites. Viability is greatly reduced in heterozygous combination with Df(1)N71 or Df(1)svr.
Analysis of the amount of transcription or enzyme activity of a number of autosomal and X-linked genes in homozygous larvae suggests that this mutation does not affect late dosage compensation.