Flies expressing fandsRNA.βTub85D display reduced fertility, and flies exhibit a rapid decline in fertility by 10 days after eclosion. In males testes, the individualisation complexes of spermatid bundles are severely disorganised.
fanRNAi.βTub85D has semi-sterile phenotype, suppressible by OsbpUAS.cMa/Scer\GAL4Hsp83.PA
Expression of OsbpScer\UAS.cMa under the control of Scer\GAL4Hsp83.PA significantly rescues the reduced fertility observed in fandsRNA.βTub85D animals.