A genomic fragment that extends from 2kb upstream of the ey transcriptional start, to 15kb downstream of exon 9.
Embryonic and pupal lethality developmental delay, eye phenotypes and male sterility due to eyJ5.71/eyJ5.71 are all rescued by ey+t.p6. However, female sterility is not. When somatic clones lacking ey+t.p6 are induced in the late second or early third instar, eyes carrying these clones appear normal.