Insertion 14bp upstream of the 5' end of the predicted transcription start site.
eIF4E-3L0139/Df(3L)BSC732 spermatids show defects in meiotic cytokinesis and chromosome segregation. Early round spermatids contain multiple nuclei accompanied by enlarged mitochondrial derivatives. Many of these multinucleate spermatids have micronuclei. Elongated spermatid cysts are formed, but they show defects in nuclear shaping, with the nuclei remaining relatively round. The individualisation complex does not form, resulting in the complete disruption of individualisation and the absence of mature sperm. The seminal vesicles are consistently smaller and the basal region less dense than in wild-type testes.
Complements: l(3)L4111L4111.