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.
Premature cytoplasmic streaming is seen in the egg chambers of females containing homozygous germline clones.
Condensation of DNA in the oocyte nucleus to form the karyosome is abnormal in homozygous egg chambers. In some cases the DNA is more diffuse than normal or it is threadlike and fragmented.
Maternal effect mutation similar to spn-A.