Imprecise excision of the progenitor insertion.
RhoLXA12 mutant embryos show much reduced movement of haemocytes into the tail at stage 11 and 12, and 44% of embryos show no haemocyte migration into the tail region. In these mutant embryos haemocytes move up to the tail region and produce protrusions towards it, but fail to enter. Haemocyte migration along the anterior ventral nerve cord and dorsal vessel appears normal, and haemocytes show normal lamellipodia and filopodia formation.
RhoLXA12/Df(3R)by416 mutant embryos show much reduced movement of haemocytes into the tail. Migration along the dorsal vessel is normal in these animals.
RhoLXA12 is rescued by RhoLUAS.cSa/Scer\GAL48-163
Expression of RhoLScer\UAS.cSa under the control of Scer\GAL48-169 in RhoLXA12 mutant embryos rescues the migration of haemocytes into the tail region of the embryo and along the posterior ventral nerve cord.