Imprecise excision of the progenitor insertion, resulting in a deletion of the entire coding region of Cad74A (coordinates of the deletion are nucleotides 209199-221108 of AE003524).
Reported as a deletion spanning coordinates 209199в21108 of AE003524.3 (version number determined by the reported Cad74A coordinates as 221107в09329)
17% of eggs laid by homozygous females at room temperature lack dorsal appendages, or have dorsal appendages that are significantly deformed or shortened to varying degrees. The eggs are impermeable to Neutral Red, suggesting that the vitelline membrane has been deposited correctly.