FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Allele: Dmel\Top2suo1
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Dmel\Top2suo1
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D. melanogaster
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FBal0177591
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No mutation has been found in any Top2 protein coding exon.

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Top2suo1 heterozygotes show a mild small eye phenotype.

Top2suo1/Df(2L)Exel9043 and Top2suo1/Top2suo2 flies are partially lethal with a few escapers.

Top2suo1/Df(2L)Exel9043 males display defects in chromatin organization, chromosome morphology and segregation in primary spermatocytes that include chromatin bridges and lagging chromosomal fragments, the bridges are likely to involve sister rather than non-sister chromatids.

The chromosome morphology in Top2suo1/Top2suo1, Top2suo1/Df(2L)Exel9043 as well as Top2suo1/Top2suo3 brains is essentially normal.

The brains of Top2suo1/Top2suo1 and Top2suo1/Df(2L)Exel9043 as well as Top2suo3/Top2suo1 transheterozygote third instar larvae (treated with colchicine and hypotonic solution) progress almost normally through mitosis although they show a significant increase in the frequency of chromosomal aberrations (including chromatin bridges and lagging chromosomal fragments) compared to wild-type. In Top2suo1/Df(2L)Exel9043 males these aberrations are mostly isochromatid breaks preferentially involving the entirely heterochromatic Y chromosome and the third chromosome heterochromatin. In majority of metaphases with a broken Y chromosome the acentric fragment is either missing or present as an additional element. In XX females most of the aberrations are isochromatid breaks in 3L heterochromatin. The chromatin bridges are likely to involve sister rather than non-sister chromatids.

Top2suo1/Df(2L)Exel9043 males display defects in the morphology of the polytene chromosome X in larval salivary glands. The X chromosome appears bloated and is often detached from the chromocenter. Females display normal polytene chromosome morphology.

Top2suo1/Top2suo3 males show highly defective meiotic chromosome morphology and aberrant segregation with chromatin bridges and lagging chromosomal fragments in primary spermatocytes during meiosis I, resulting in secondary spermatocytes dividing without any chromosomes or if they've received some they display severe segregation defects.

Top2suo3/Top2suo1 as well as Top2suo3/Df(2L)Exel9043 males display defects in the morphology of the polytene chromosome X in larval salivary glands. The X chromosome appears bloated and is often detached from the chromocenter. Females display normal polytene chromosome morphology.

suo1/Df(2L)VA17 mutants are severely defective in germline cell proliferation. suo1 prometaphase and metaphase I figures are normal, but anaphases and telophases are characterised by the presence of chromatin bridges. As a result of these bridges, in 25% of suo1 ana-telophase I cells, all the chromosomes segregate to one pole only, giving rise to chromosome-free secondary spermatocytes. suo1 secondary spermatocytes devoid of chromosomes form a bipolar spindle that undergoes the same dynamic transformations seen in chromosome-containing spindles.

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Top2suo1/Top2[+] is a non-enhancer of eye | male phenotype of Scer\GAL4ey.PU, TctpRNAi.UAS

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The increased frequency of chromosomal aberrations in third instar larval brain cells characteristic for Top2suo3/Top2suo1, mei-4129D/Y or tefuatm-3/tefuatm-3 single mutant males is enhanced further in mei-4129D/Y;Top2suo3/Top2suo1 or Top2suo3/Top2suo1;tefuatm-3/tefuatm-3 double mutants.

The X polytene chromosome condensation defects observed in larval salivary glands of Top2suo3/Top2suo1 males can be rescued by combination with mof1 in hemizygote state: the X polytene chromosome of mof1/Y;Top2suo3/Top2suo1 double mutants shows normal condensation as well as banding pattern.

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Isolated in a cytological screen of a collection of male sterile mutants.

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