Wild-type females expressing Agam\fruMC.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4fru.16 develop on average three ectopic 'male' serotonergic neurons, both ventrally and dorsally, sending projections into the abdominal nerve trunk. Ectopic serotonergic terminals innervated the female internal reproductive organs, mostly the calyx of the ovaries but also, more rarely, the uterus and the base of the spermathecae. These serotonergic terminals are never present in virgin or fertilised wild-type females. The ectopic serotonergic neurons and their associated terminalia are analogous to those innervating the male reproductive organs.
Agam\fruMC.UAS/Scer\GAL4fru.16 is a suppressor of abnormal neuroanatomy phenotype of fru3/fruΔC
Agam\fruMC.UAS/Scer\GAL4fru.16 is a suppressor of semi-fertile phenotype of fru3
Agam\fruMC.UAS/Scer\GAL4fru.16 is a suppressor of muscle cell of muscle of Lawrence phenotype of fru3/fruΔC
Agam\fruMC.UAS/Scer\GAL4fru.16 is a suppressor of serotonergic neuron phenotype of fru3/fruΔC
Agam\fruMC.UAS/Scer\GAL4fru.16 is a suppressor of muscle cell of muscle of Lawrence phenotype of fru3
Expression of Agam\fruMC.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4fru.16, in a fru3/fruΔC background (in which fru[MA] and fru[MB], but not the fru[MC] transcript are present) increases the percentage of fertile males from 33 to 65% of wild-type levels.
Expression of Agam\fruMC.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4fru.16, in a fru3/fruΔC background (in which fru[MA] and fru[MB], but not the fru[MC] transcript are present) rescues the formation of the muscle of Lawrence in the male.
Expression of Agam\fruMC.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4fru.16, in a fru3/fru3 background suppresses the loss of both male-specific serotonergic abdominal giant neuron clusters.
Expression of Agam\fruMC.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4fru.16 is sufficient to suppress the Muscle of Lawrence(MOL)-less phenotype of fru3 mutant males and to induce formation of a MOL-like muscle in females.