Construct: 7kb SalI-HindIII genomic fragment containing ovo, with a stop codon introduced at position 3960 (60 residues after the beginning of exon 2b).
One copy of ovostop2b has no rescuing effect in about half of ovoD1rv37 ovaries examined. In the remaining ovaries, the egg chambers develop up to stage 4. Two copies of ovostop2b can rescue ovarian development up to stage 10 in ovoD1rv37 ovaries. After stage 10 apoptosis of nurse cells is seen and no eggs are laid.