Mutants do not display a dominant Minute bristle phenotype.
Flies containing homozygous eyes (induced using the eyFLP method) have a glossy-eye phenotype.
Homozygous eye discs (induced by the eyFLP method) fail to incorporate BrdU properly.
mRpL17KG06809 homozygous somatic clones in the eye have a 'glossy' phenotype - the mutant tissue appears smooth due to lack of lens development.