Imprecise excision of the progenitor insertion, resulting in a deletion that removes part of the Nc gene.
Less than 0.1% of homozygotes emerge as adult escapers (most homozygotes die as early pupae). The adult escapers have apparently normal morphology, except that their wings are opaque due to a failure of wing cells to undergo apoptosis.
Animals that are maternally and zygotically mutant for Nc are embryonic lethal, with almost complete absence of apoptosis.
γ-ray induced apoptosis (which is is seen in wild-type third larval instar wing discs after irradiation with 40Gy of γ-rays) is completely suppressed in NcΔA8 homozygotes.
In flies homozygous for NcΔA8, the pruning of ddaC dendrites is suppressed and many branches are still present 14-18 hours after puparium formation.
DroncΔA8/DroncΔA8 is an enhancer of abnormal neuroanatomy | P-stage | somatic clone phenotype of Ca-β48
DroncΔA8/DroncΔA8 is a suppressor | somatic clone of increased cell death | third instar larval stage phenotype of p53GMR.Ex
DroncΔA8/DroncΔA8 is a suppressor of increased cell death | third instar larval stage phenotype of hidGMR.PG
DroncΔA8/DroncΔA8 is a non-suppressor | somatic clone of visible phenotype of p53GMR.Ex
DroncΔA8/DroncΔA8 is an enhancer of larval multidendritic class IV neuron | P-stage | somatic clone phenotype of Ca-β48
DroncΔA8/DroncΔA8 is a suppressor | somatic clone of eye disc phenotype of p53GMR.Ex
DroncΔA8/DroncΔA8 is a suppressor of wing disc phenotype of BacA\p35UAS.cHa, Scer\GAL4hh-Gal4, rprUAS.cUa
DroncΔA8/DroncΔA8 is a non-suppressor | somatic clone of eye phenotype of p53GMR.Ex
The reduction in adult eye size caused by expression of WGMR.PG is suppressed if the eye is made homozygous for NcΔA8 (using the eyFLP method).
The apoptosis posterior to the morphogenetic furrow that is induced by WGMR.PG in third larval instar eye discs is completely suppressed in a NcΔA8/NcΔA8 background.
The increased apoptosis in the eye disc caused by expression of p53GMR.Ex is suppressed in a NcΔA8/NcΔA8 background, but the reduction in adult eye size caused by p53GMR.Ex is not suppressed if the eye is made homozygous for NcΔA8 (using the eyFLP method).
The accelerated recovery from G[[2]] arrest which is seen in IceΔ2C8 wing discs after irradiation with 40Gy of γ-rays is suppressed if the animals are also homozygous for NcΔA8.
Co-expression of BacA\p35Scer\UAS.cHa and rprScer\UAS.cUa in the posterior compartment of the wing disc under the control of Scer\GAL4hh-Gal4 induces dramatic tissue overgrowth. This tissue overgrowth is suppressed by NcΔA8/NcΔA8.