Mosaic animals in which the eyes and head cuticle are composed almost entirely of homozygous tissue (generated using the Minute technique) have consistently larger heads than control flies.
gang-of-fourx has visible | somatic clone phenotype, enhanceable by Df(3L)H99
gang-of-fourx, pucE69/puc[+] has lethal | dominant phenotype, non-suppressible by Df(3L)H99/+
gang-of-fourx, pucA251.1F3/puc[+] has lethal | dominant phenotype, non-suppressible by Df(3L)H99/+
gang-of-fourx, pucE69/puc[+] has lethal | dominant phenotype
gang-of-fourx, pucA251.1F3/puc[+] has lethal | dominant phenotype
gang-of-fourx has adult head | somatic clone phenotype, enhanceable by Df(3L)H99
gang-of-fourx has ommatidium | somatic clone phenotype, non-suppressible by Df(3L)H99
The ommatidial patterning defects seen in homozygous gfrx clones in the pupal eye disc are not suppressed by Df(3L)H99.
Addition of Df(3L)H99 further increases head size in mosaic animals in which the eyes and head cuticle are composed almost entirely of homozygous gfrx tissue (generated using the Minute technique).