P{lacW} insertion lies 92 nucleotides upstream of the translation initiation codon, in the 5' untranslated region.
Adult males have very small testes, they are almost completely devoid of germ cells. Rare spermatocytes and some scarce nonmotile sperm are seen. Females exhibit oogenic defects: block of oogenesis around stage 6 or 7 leading to the accumulation of egg chambers showing several striking defects, or late defects including short and/or flaccid eggs showing fused, short or no dorsal appendage.
All aspects of the phenotype can be rescued by noi+t3.6.
Reversion of the P{lacW} insertion demonstrates it is responsible for the mutant phenotype.