A G/A substitution, generating an abnormal RNA splice site (as confirmed by RT-PCR) which frame-shifts the protein after 610 amino acids (aa) and adds 35 abnormal aa.
Gross eye morphology is normal but phototaxis is defective in flies whose eyes are homozygous for MiroSd23.
In neurons of MiroSd26/MiroB682 larvae, mitochondria are retained in the cell bodies and not properly distributed to neuronal processes - most neuromuscular junctions lack mitochondria.