Homozygous males and females show a significant reduction in the number of sternopleural bristles compared to controls.
Homozygous males show a significant reduction in the number of abdominal bristles compared to controls.
Mutant flies show reduced behavioural avoidance responses to benzaldehyde compared to controls.
Mutants show normal locomotor activity.
The average number of aggressive encounters by males competing for a limited food supply after a period of food deprivation is approximately 1.8 fold greater in neurBG02391 males than in controls.
Gross morphological defects are not seen in the α-lobes of the mushroom body or in the ellipsoid body of neurBG02587 adults. However, detailed morphometric analysis reveals that the width of the α- and β-lobes is significantly increased in neurBG02391 adults compared to controls and that the neurBG02391 animals show a reduction in ellipsoid body surface.
Mutants show a reduced olfactory avoidance response to 0.03, 0.10 or 0.30% benzaldehyde compared to control flies, while the avoidance response is not significantly from that of control flies at benzaldehyde concentrations of 1.0 or 3.0%.