filamentous actin & eye photoreceptor cell | third instar larval stage, with Scer\GAL4elav.PLu
filamentous actin & ommatidium | pupal stage P7, with Scer\GAL4elav.PLu
nucleus & eye photoreceptor cell | third instar larval stage, with Scer\GAL4elav.PLu
pigment cell & retina | pupal stage P7, with Scer\GAL4elav.PLu
rhabdomere & eye photoreceptor cell, with Scer\GAL4elav.PLu
mbtS482N.S521E.Scer\UAS; Scer\GAL4elav.PLu flies have a severe rough eye phenotype. Most ommatidia contain fewer photoreceptor cells and rhabdomeres are misshapen. Depending on the insertion of P{UAS-mbt.S482N.S521E}, eye size my be reduced and some parts of the eye appear glazed. At the late third instar larval stage, eye discs in these animals have only mild phenotypes: filamentous actin distribution is irregular and the spacing of developing ommatidial clusters is disturbed and the nuclei of developing photoreceptors fail to remain apical. By the mid-pupal stage, ommatidial structure is completely disturbed: The arrangement of F-actin and the numbers and arrangement of cone cells bristle cells and pigment cells are severely disrupted.
mbtS482N.S521E.Scer\UAS; Scer\GAL4GMR.PF flies have small, glazed eyes with no discernable ommatidial structure.