Insertion of a P-element 37bp downstream of the ATG start codon.
45.8% of cells in the brains of feoS27/Y third instar larvae are polyploid. The proportion of cells in anaphase in the mutant larval brains is normal (14.4% for the mutant larvae, compared to 15.0% for control larvae) and the mitotic index is 0.37 (compared to the wild-type value of 0.60). 73.7% of cells in the brains of feoS27/Df(1)v-L3 third instar larvae are polyploid. The proportion of cells in anaphase in the mutant larval brains is normal (11.9% for the mutant larvae, compared to 15.0% for control larvae) and the mitotic index is 0.30 (compared to the wild-type value of 0.60). Brains of feoS27/Y male larvae do not show defects in the early stages of neuroblast and ganglion mother cell divisions; the cells have regular asters and metaphase figures and they enter anaphase normally.