UASt regulatory sequences drive expression of an inverted repeat.
The total number of eggs laid over 10 days is significantly lower in females mated to SemsGD5539, Scer\GAL4tub.PU males relative to their controls. (This egg laying defect is not accompanied by a hatchability defect.) Decreased egg laying is only apparent after the first day of mating and persists until at least 9 days after mating.
Females mated to SemsGD5539, Scer\GAL4tub.PU males are significantly more likely to remate at 2 days and 4 days after the start of mating.
Females mated to SemsGD5539, Scer\GAL4tub.PU males store normal numbers of sperm but significantly more sperm remain in storage at 10 days after the start of mating compared to controls. This effect is due to a failure to release sperm from the seminal receptacle.
Adults expressing SemsGD5539 under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PLu (in the presence of Dcr-2Scer\UAS.cDa to increase the efficiency of RNAi) do not show a significant defect in avoidance of noxious temperature (46[o]C) compared to control flies.