Construct: Arg43 in helix 3 of the homeodomain has been changed to a Thr (the amino acid residue found in the corresponding position in the Dfd gene).
row flies carrying one copy of roH3 have both wild-type and mutant ommatidia, the mutant ommatidia usually containing 8 but occasionally containing as many as 10 photoreceptor cells. The mutant ommatidia either have fewer or the normal number of outer photoreceptor cells, and the extra photoreceptors have features characteristic of the inner R7 and R8 photoreceptors.