66bp deletion including the 3' splice acceptor site of intron 4 and part of exon 5.
Deletion of less than 1.5kb in coding region of faf.
Mutation causes no significant alteration to the variegated eye phenotype of In(1)wm4h.
Eyes roughened due to abnormalities in the hexagonal facet array: most facets include 1-3 extra outer photoreceptor cells which are probably mystery cells. Ovaries of homozygous females are normal in appearance but the embryos produced never form syncytial blastoderm and all fail to hatch.
Fischer-Vize, Carthew and Rubin.