Internal deletion in the P{PZ} element. The P-element ends are intact and there is no apparent loss of flanking DNA approximately 12kb 5' and 8.5kb 3' to the insertion site.
Induced with: l(2)2-LL13. Complementation testing, Southern blot analysis, transcript mapping and expression data suggestion that the lethality of this chromosome is not due to disruption of the rhi gene (and is due instead to l(2)2-LL13).