Construct: Deletion of the proximal half of stem-loop III of the nos TCE.
nanosTCE.ΔProxIII fails to rescue nanosBN
nosTCE.ΔProxIII does not rescue the abdominal segmentation defect of embryos derived from nosBN females; 90% of embryos have no abdominal segments, 10% have 1-3 abdominal segments.