lethal - all die during embryonic stage | recessive
some die during embryonic stage | recessive
embryonic abdominal segment 5
embryonic abdominal segment 6
embryonic abdominal segment 7
embryonic abdominal segment 8
Homozygotes do not survive to adulthood. 50% of embryos derived from females carrying homozygous germ line clones hatch. Unhatched embryos show a gt-like abdominal segmentation defect (lack of A5-A8).