Construct: As for h14.0, but with deletion of an approximately 5.5kb fragment, approximately 5.5 kb upstream of h.
Larvae and adults are viable but show fusion of abdominal segments 2 and 3. Causes altered patterns of runt, eve and ftz expression in the embryo. The frequency and severity of the A2/3 fusions is enhanced by heterozygosity for kni, suppressed by heterozygosity for Kr and unaffected by heterozygosity for hb.