The progression of oogenesis is compromised in mutant egg chambers and degeneration of the egg chambers is observed from stage 8 onward. The oocyte nucleus fails to compact into a karyosome and the oocytes show loss of dorsal/ventral polarity.
krimpf06583 is rescued by Scer\GAL4VP16.nanos.UTR/krimpUASp.Venus
Separable from: a background mutation that causes male sterility.