Homozygotes display an intermediate 'flb' phenotype. Embryos produced from heteroallelic combination with Egfrt1 have a severe ventralised phenotype, reduction in size of their dorsal appendage. Individuals are fully viable over the pupal lethals Egfrtop-CA and Egfrtop-EC20 and show a reduction in viability over Egfrtop-EB.
Mutation of Egfr that affects the gene function required for embryogenesis, a class II lesion. The allelic series for class II lesions: Egfrtop-101 < Egfrtop-JE14 = Egfrf4 < Egfrf6.