An Hsp70 promoter drives sc expression.
The bristle phenotype seen female D.simulans/D.melanogaster hybrids is significantly rescued by the heat shock induction of schs.PR. The best rescue takes place from heat shocks applied close to the time of formation of the precursors for each bristle.
Flies expressing schs.PR in a Df(1)sc10-1 background have macrochaetae at the dorsocentral and presutural positions. These bristles have normal axon projections.
Tp(3;3)iro-1 homozygotes flies carrying schs.PR develop tufts of bristles in the lateral part of the notum (that is normally naked in Tp(3;3)iro-1 homozygotes) after heat shock.
Df(1)sc10-1 flies carrying schs.PR can develop the complete labellum bristle pattern, when they are heat shocked at 0, 6 and 12 hours after puparium formation.
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Expression of schs.PR during the first three hours of development promotes Sxl-dependent lethality.