Imprecise excision of the P{EPgy2}Acf1EY08629 transposon deletes the first Acf1 intron and portions of the first and second introns.
Estimated endpoints of an 871 bp deletion resulting from the imprecise excision of P{EPgy2}AcfEY08629. The deletion removes sequences from the 5' UTR and into the coding region of Acf.
The proper polar organisation of chromatin is still observed in many blastoderm nuclei of homozygous Acf12 mutants, however, the mutants show a higher degree of variability of nuclear organisation than wild-type.
About 60% of the expected progeny survive. Those that do are fertile and phenotypically normal.
Acf2, Df(3L)Pc has abdominal tergite 3 phenotype
Acf2, Df(3L)Pc has abdominal tergite 4 phenotype
The combination of Df(3L)Pc heterozygotes and Acf12 leads to a stronger extra sex combs phenotype than seen in Df(3L)Pc alone. 61% (compared to 18% in controls) of males have extra sex combs on the second and/or third pairs of legs. The combination of Df(3L)Pc heterozygotes and Acf12 leads to a stronger extra sex combs phenotype than seen in Df(3L)Pc alone. 58% (compared to 18% in controls) of males have extra sex combs on the second and/or third pairs of legs. In addition over half of males exhibit ectopic pigmentation of their A3 and A4 abdominal tergites.