P{GawB} insertion in the lilli locus, not for as previously reported (FBrf0096020).
Homozygous lilli189Y mutants show impaired visual pattern memory and abnormal foraging behaviour.
Mutant flies show scarcely any response decrement of the long-latency giant fiber response induced by electrical stimulation at the standard stimulation frequency of 5Hz.
Mutant flies do not show full recovery from decrement to five-failure criterion of the long-latency electrically induced giant fiber response after 5 seconds of rest.
forR, lilli189Y/lilli[+] has abnormal memory phenotype
fors, lilli189Y/lilli[+] has abnormal memory phenotype
Separable from: for189Y.
Quantitative PCR analysis indicates that both lilli and for mRNA expression are significantly reduced compared to controls in P{GawB}lilli189Y flies. Precise excision of the insertion reverts this phenotype, such that mRNA expression of both genes is not significantly different from controls.