PCR analysis confirms the lesion described by Kimura et al., 2008 (FBrf0204948).
Imprecise excision of the progenitor insertion has resulted in a 0.8kb deletion extending from the 5'UTR and removing part of the coding region of Art1.
viable (with Df(3R)BSC479)
viable (with Df(3R)BSC529)
viable (with Df(3R)ED5495)
viable (with Df(3R)Exel6159)
viable (with Df(3R)Exel7305)
Among the ~10% of homozygous Art150 mutants that survive to adulthood, one third show an incomplete wing posterior crossvein (PCV).
As a caveat to the above experiments, the PCV phenotype and lethality are not seen in genetic combination of Art150 with the deficiencies Df(3R)Exel6159, Df(3R)Exel7305, Df(3R)ED5495, Df(3R)BSC479 or Df(3R)BSC529 that are reported to delete the Art1 locus.
Most homozygotes die at the pupal stage and those homozygotes that reach the adult stage take 4 days longer to complete the pupal stage compared to heterozygous siblings.