Recombination between the single FRT sites that are present on each of Dscam1ED69 and Dscam15'HR-3.31.8 has resulted a single copy of Dscam1 in which the genomic region encoding exons 3 to 16 has been replaced with cDNA sequences. This copy of Dscam1 encodes a single ectodomain isoform, containing the variable exons 4.3, 6.31 and 9.8. A single FRT site is present following the cDNA sequences.
abnormal neuroanatomy | P-stage (with Dscam123)
C4 da neurons expressing the single Dscam1 isoform containing exons 4.3, 6.31, and 9.8 (Dscam13.31.8) exhibit defective targeting of the synaptic terminals. 47% of Dscam110.27.25 ddaC neurons completely lose their anterior branches and 29.4% lose their contralateral branches, while 100% of wild-type controls exhibit both branches.
Homozygotes, Dscam10.27.25/Dscam3.31.8 and Dscam3.31.8/Dscam6.5.9 animals die in early larval development.
Over 75% of Dscam3.31.8/Dscam23 animals survive to late pupal stages.
Homozygous, Dscam10.27.25/Dscam3.31.8 and Dscam3.31.8/Dscam6.5.9 embryos show defects in the organisation of the central nervous system, showing severely disrupted longitudinal tracts and aberrant midline crossing.
Dscam3.31.8/Dscam23 embryos show defects in the organisation of the central nervous system, showing disrupted longitudinal tracts.
Dscam3.31.8/Dscam- animals have a highly disorganised antennal lobe with no distinct glomerular structure and olfactory receptor neurons form many ectopic termini throughout the antennal lobe.
Almost all Dscam3.31.8/Dscam- mushroom bodies completely lack one lobe (typically the dorsal lobe is missing). Dscam3.31.8/+ animals also show defects in the mushroom body in approximately 90% of cases; either one mushroom body lobe is absent (approximately 60% of cases) or one mushroom body lobe is thinner than the other (approximately 30% of cases).
Sister branches of single Dscam3.31.8 mushroom body neurons in a DscamFRT control background (generated using intragenic MARCM) segregate into the two mushroom body lobes with high fidelity.