Embryos derived from females carrying homozygous germline clones develop an average of 5.9 of the wild-type 8 abdominal segments. Approximately 40% of the embryos have defects in dorsoventral patterning, including a single dorsal appendage or lack of dorsal appendage material.

17% of embryos derived from homozygous female germline clones initiate the process of pole cell formation, with the budding of plasma membrane around germ plasm-associated nuclei, at ectopic locations. Unlike wild-type pole buds, these ectopic buds do not progress to form cells.

Nuclear migration is aberrant or fails in approximately 50% of mutant oocytes and microtubule organisation and polarity is altered in mutant stage 9 oocytes compared to wild type. Cytoplasmic streaming fails to occur in approximately 75% of late stage mutant oocytes.

The position of the oocyte nucleus is normal in egg chambers containing large follicle cell clones that encompass the posterior follicle cells.