Insertion of a P{lacW} element.
Homozygotes exhibit sluggish behaviour followed by death a few days after eclosion.
Homozygous embryos exhibit mild pathfinding defects. Some embryos exhibit aberrant CNS longitudinal tracts and head involution defects. Homozygous adult escapers exhibit behavioural defects.
Carries a separable lethal mutation.
This allele was listed in the BDGP database as a lethal or sterile line during the period 1994-1999, but was discarded from the gene disruption project prior to the summary publication (FBrf0111489). Reasons for excluding lines from the collection described in FBrf0111489 include presence of more than one P insertion on the mutant chromosome, separation of lethality (or sterility) from the location of the insertion, and loss of lethality (or sterility) from the stock. Further information is available from http://www.fruitfly.org/bfd/ and from Dr. Spradling (spradling@mail1.ciwemb.edu).
Complements: spin10403. Complements: spink09905. Complements: spink14705.
Four additional lethal alleles of bnch have been generated by excision of the P{lacW}.
P{lacW} insertion can be excised and revert the lethal phenotype to wild type.