In osk6/oskGM52 mutants, where three primordial germ cells are incorporated into the gonad (on average), the germ cell division rate is faster than in wild-type until the end of the second instar larval stage. However, the proliferation rate slows down as the number of primordial germ cells approaches wild-type numbers.
Embryos resulting from oskGM52 germ-line clones lack germ cells.