microchaeta & sternite | female
Homozygous flies show no significant change in the number of sternopleural bristles compared to controls.
Homozygous females show a significant reduction in the number of abdominal bristles compared to controls.
Mutant flies show a normal behavioural avoidance response to benzaldehyde in an olfactory assay.
Mutant males and females show a significant reduction in locomotor activity compared to controls.
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 neurBG02587 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.