FlyBase curator comment: this entry is used to capture phenotypic information when the particular allele (or allele combination) used by the author could not be determined but the context of the experiment suggests that the phenotype being described is some kind of loss of function.
Flies are hypersensitive to paraquat, and have a reduced life-span at 29oC compared to wild-type.
The amount of Sod RNA seen on a Northern blot is strongly reduced in Sodunspecified flies.