amorphic allele - genetic evidence
Point mutation.
lethal - all die before end of pupal stage | recessive
some die during pupal stage | recessive
fat body (with Mad12)
Mad12/Mad7 mutant third instar larvae show increased uptake and transport of ingested fluorescently labeled fatty acids from the midgut lumen to the fat body compared to wild-type controls.
Heterozygotes with Df(2L)C28 die as prepupae.
Larval heterozygotes with Df(2L)JS17 exhibit reduced fat body, midgut defects and greatly reduced gastric caecae and dissected pupae exhibit absent or severely reduced imaginal discs.
Mad7 is an enhancer of phenotype of dppe87
Mad7 is an enhancer of phenotype of dpphr56
Mad mutations can be placed in an allelic series based on relative severity of the maternal effect enhancement of weak dpp alleles: Mad1 < Mad7 < Mad12 < Mad10 < Mad5 < Mad3 < Mad2 < Mad11 < Mad6 < Mad4 < Mad8 < Mad9.
Mad mutations can be placed in an allelic series based on relative severity of the maternal effect enhancement of weak dpp alleles: Mad1 < Mad7 < Mad12 < Mad10 < Mad5 < Mad3 < Mad2 < Mad11 < Mad6 < Mad4 < Mad8 < Mad9.