FlyBase curator comment: this entry is used to capture phenotypic information when the particular allele (or allele combination) used by the author could not be determined but the context of the experiment suggests that the phenotype being described is some kind of loss of function.
Female flies with homozygous Lamunspecified germ-line clone egg chambers have no gametes and never develop beyond stages 6-8. In contrast, flies with Lamunspecified/+ germ-line clone egg chambers contain gametes.