Imprecise excision of the progenitor insertion, resulting in a deletion that eliminates a maximum of 4.1kb from the N-terminus to the middle of RanBPM (nucleotides 64747 to 68882 in AE003829).
Deletion resulting from the imprecise excision of P{lacW}RanBPMk05201. Deletion extends from 64747 to 68882 of GB:AE003829.
RanBPMk05201/RanBPMs135 third instar larvae show a significantly lower response index (response index = (path length in dark - path length in light)/total path length during the assay) in an on/off light avoidance assay than control larvae.
Homozygous larvae are smaller than control larvae of the same age from the early third instar stage onwards.
A smaller fraction of homozygous early foraging third instar larvae that have been placed on a drop of yeast paste containing food dye after a 2 hour starvation period show food dye in the gut after 30 minutes on the yeast paste.