Ovaries from wild-type females retain germ cells for more than 3 weeks, but stwlz1/stwl95 females show a dramatic and rapid loss of germ cells, with approximately 50% of ovarioles lacking germ cells by 10 days post-eclosion.
Wild-type germline stem cell (GSC) clones are maintained for over 2 weeks in the germarium, whereas most homozygous stwl95 GSC clones are rapidly depleted.