Taf6^XS-922 homozygotes rescued to adulthood by expression of Taf6^{hs.T:Zzzz\FLAG} have an external rough eye phenotype. The ommatidia have an abnormal number of photoreceptors in many cases, either missing an inner or outer photoreceptor or having an extra inner or outer photoreceptor. The mutant rhabdomeres are larger than normal in the mutant animals. The mutant adults have a notched wing phenotype.

Taf6^XS-922/Taf6² animals rescued to adulthood by expression of Taf6^{hs.T:Zzzz\FLAG} have notched wing and rough eye phenotypes, which are less severe if the animals are heat shocked during adulthood to express Taf6^{hs.T:Zzzz\FLAG}.

Taf6³ homozygous third instar larvae and adults which have been rescued by expression of Taf6^{hs.T:Zzzz\FLAG} contain dark black masses of cells resembling melanotic pseudotumours.

Taf6^XS-922/Taf6² males rescued to adulthood by expression of Taf6^{hs.T:Zzzz\FLAG} (including heat shock during the adult stage) have postmeiotic stages including mature spermatids in the testis, but they are less abundant than in wild type. Taf6^XS-922/Taf6² males rescued to adulthood by expression of Taf6^{hs.T:Zzzz\FLAG} with no heat shock during the adult stage have a more severe phenotype; proliferation of stem cells to primary spermatocytes is normal, but the primary spermatocytes occupy an abnormally large portion of the testis and degenerate without initiating meiotic chromosome condensation.

Taf6^XS-922 homozygous males rescued to adulthood by expression of Taf6^{hs.T:Zzzz\FLAG} have needle-like structures in the spermatocytes.

Taf6^unspecified females rescued to adulthood by expression of Taf6^{hs.T:Zzzz\FLAG} are sterile and lay eggs with polarity defects ranging from strongly dorsalised to strongly ventralised (as determined by the phenotype of the dorsal appendages). Some of the eggs are small, have thin egg shells and have a mixture of dorsal and ventral characteristics.