FlyBase curator comment: this entry is used to capture phenotypic information when the particular allele (or allele combination) used by the author could not be determined but the context of the experiment suggests that the phenotype being described is some kind of loss of function.
Nurse cell fusions and disorganised follicle cells are seen in the egg chambers of females containing homozygous germline clones. In rare cases, extra follicle cells are found between the oocyte and the nurse cells.