FlyBase curator comment: this entry is used to capture phenotypic information when the particular allele (or allele combination) used by the author could not be determined but the context of the experiment suggests that the phenotype being described is some kind of loss of function.
The spindle is correctly oriented in mutant male germline stem cells (GSCs), but the spectrosome is consistently seen at the apical spindle pole, in contrast to wild type, where the spectrosome is located at the distal spindle pole in male GSCs.
Sas-4unspecified, mst2 has abnormal mitotic cell cycle | larval stage phenotype
The brains of mst2 Sas-4unspecified double mutant larvae have a very high mitotic index, with most dividing cells arrested in metaphase with highly contracted chromosomes. More than 95% of metaphases lack centrosomes and these metaphases have very peculiar 'spindles': 34% are devoid of microtubules arrays, 4% have small and disorganised bipolar spindles and 62% have acentrosomal microtubule arrays (AMTAs) resembling monopolar spindles. The AMTAs are always associated with metaphase chromosomes, with some microtubules terminating at the chromosomes, and others extending beyond them.