Construct: The EcR-B1 isoform is expressed under the control of a heat shock promoter.
Animals expressing EcRB1.hs have defects in the mushroom body α/β lobes: the lobes may appear slim.
Expression of EcRB1.hs using heat shock results in germaria that are filled with supernumerary germline cells containing a single spectrosome in females. After 7 days of heat shock treatment, 84% of germaria contain dumbbell-shaped fusomes.
Heat induced expression of EcRB1.hs (using a single heat shock for 45 minutes at 37oC) results in more than 50% lethality if the heat shock is started between 5 hours before puparium formation to 0.5 hours after puparium formation.
Expression of EcRB1.hs in embryos does not result in a dorsal open phenotype.
EcRB1.hs is a suppressor of adult midgut phenotype of Lam14