Inserted into the 5' non-coding region of the CkIIβ transcription unit.
viable (with CkIIβmbuΔA26-2L)
synapse (with CkIIβmbuΔA26-2L)
Transheterozygous CkIIβmbuP1/CkIIβmbuΔA26-2L mutant larvae show a small but significant increase in synaptic retractions and survive to adulthood.
CkIIβmbuP1 fly brains show a reduction in Kenyon cell number, as revealed by the reduced size of the mushroom body calyx, which is approximately half the size of that in wild type flies.
The mushroom body calyx of flies transheterozygous for CkIIβmbuP1 and CkIIβmbuΔA26-2L is approximately a third of the size of that in wild type flies.
Mutant hemizygotes have a circadian rhythm of 25.0 hours. Heterozygotes have a circadian rhythm of 24.6 hours. CkIIβmbuP1/CkIIβAnd transheterozygotes have a circadian rhythm of 24.6 hours.
All mushroom body structures are dramatically reduced in size in mutant flies. The Kenyon cell layer volume is reduced to about one-third compared to wild type, due to a reduction in Kenyon cell number. The mushroom body calyx is also reduced in size. The structural organisation of the mushroom bodies and their subdivision into lobes is maintained in mutant flies.
50% reduction of the mushroom body calyx volume in both male and female flies.
Precise excision of the P{lacW} element reverts the mutant mushroom body phenotype.
Excision of the P-element reverts the partial loss of male and female fertility phenotype.