Deletion from P element site of insertion (coordinate 0) to +3.2kb, including the entire btn coding region.
transverse nerve & mesothoracic segment
transverse nerve & metathoracic segment
transverse nerve & prothoracic segment
Dorsal median cells are completely absent. Transverse nerves are not present in btn mutant embryos at stage 14. By stage 16 abnormally long and thick axon bundles extend along the midline at the dorsal surface of the VNC.