18% of homozygotes die during embryogenesis while the rest die during the first larval instar. Kr-h1k05905/Kr-h17.1, Kr-h1k05905/Kr-h17id and Kr-h1k05905,Kr-h1k04411 animals die as prepupae.
The vast majority of homozygous animals show a lethal phenotype before head sac eversion. Mutant animals that have undergone head eversion die with the legs and wings apparent and translucent but with hypertrophied eye structures. In most cases necroses appear at one third body length and increase with time.
Lethality occurs during third instar larval or pupal stages. Mutants exhibit visible disc abnormalities. Heterozygotes are lethal over a Minute chromosome.
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