A frameshift occurs after codon 1279; the resulting reading frame terminates after specifying 31 out of frame amino acids.
Approximate location of small deletion after residue 1279 that leads to a frameshift and early translation termination. The resulting reading frame terminates after specifying 31 out of frame amino acids.
Adult-generated rhea2 homozygous mutant intestinal stem cell clones have reduced maintenance 7 days and 14 days after clone induction compared to control clones; remaining clones contain fewer cells by day 14.
rhea2 dorsal branch terminal cell clones in third instar larvae show a loss of branches and increase in lumen number.
Homozygous follicle cell clones that are not situated at the posterior of the egg chamber cause mislocalisation of the oocyte in 50% of egg chambers, while homozygous follicle cell clones at the posterior of the egg chamber do not cause oocyte mispositioning. In egg chambers where there is mislocalisation of the oocyte, the oocyte is in contact with the mutant follicle cell clone in 95% of cases.
Embryos maternally and zygotically homozygous for rhea2 exhibit a failure of germ-band retraction and a more severe muscle detachment phenotype than embryos zygotically but not maternally homozygous. In rhea2 mutant embryos the gastric caecae fail to split from two initial evaginations into four slender tubes, the midgut does not elongate and the proventriculus does not form properly (n>30).