Animals expressing usphs.T:Scer\GAL4 have defects in the mushroom body α/β lobes: the lobes may appear slim or occasionally underdeveloped, axonal projections may be misguided or the β lobes may be fused.
Expression of usphs.T:Scer\GAL4 using heat shock results in germaria that are filled with supernumerary germline cells containing a single spectrosome (SSCs) in females. The ratio between developing fusome-containing cells and SSCs in regions 1-2A of the germaria is decreased in the mutants compared to wild type.
Expression of usphs.T:Scer\GAL4 using heat shock in late third instar larvae results in 30-40% lethality. Animals carrying usphs.T:Scer\GAL4 and subjected to heat shock during the early pupal stage (12-20 hours after puparium formation) almost all survive.
uspGAL4::LBD.hs has abnormal neuroanatomy phenotype, suppressible by mir-let7UAS.cCa
uspGAL4::LBD.hs has lobe system of adult mushroom body phenotype, suppressible by mir-let7UAS.cCa
Co-expression of let-7Scer\UAS.cCa rescues the mushroom body α/β lobe defects seen in animals expressing usphs.T:Scer\GAL4.