Flies expressing Myo61FdsRNA.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4Myo31DF-NP1548 in the presence of Df(3L)920 show normal rotation of the male genitalia.
Expression of Myo61FdsRNA.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4nos.PG results in a defect in the left-right handedness of the midgut in 7.7% of embryos.
Myo61FRNAi.UAS, Scer\GAL4NP1548 is a suppressor of male genitalia phenotype of Scer\GAL4NP1548, shgKK103334
Myo31DFRNAi.Sym.UAS, Myo61FRNAi.UAS, Scer\GAL4NP1548 has male genitalia phenotype
Co-expression of Myo31DFdsRNA.Sym.Scer\UAS and Myo61FdsRNA.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4Myo31DF-NP1548 (using a temperature sensitive Scer\GAL80 allele to limit expression to day 4 of development onwards) results in partial sinistral rotation of the male genitalia (instead of the wild-type dextral rotation).
Co-expression of Myo61FdsRNA.Scer\UAS shifts the male genitalia rotation defects seen in flies expressing shgKK103334 under the control of Scer\GAL4Myo31DF-NP1548 towards a more wild-type phenotype, with almost half of males having partial genital rotation of between 91 and 180[o].
Used to study the phenotypic consequences of dsRNA interference (RNAi) of the Myo61F gene.