Insertion in the second intron.
Homozygotes show reduced viability, with 18% of adults dying within 2 days of eclosion.
Homozygotes are delayed in pupation relative to controls by almost 2 days under standard food conditions. They display a slower growth rate during larval stages. The mutant larvae show a larger inter-individual variation in growth rate compared to controls.
Under low amino-acid nutrient conditions homozygous animals grow at the same rate as controls (both show slower growth rates than under standard food conditions).
Homozygous adults have smaller wings compared to wild type. The wing cells are significantly reduced in size compared to controls.
Homozygous and hppySH1261/Df(2R)Exel6069 adults show a reduction in total body triglyceride levels.
The overgrowth of the posterior compartment of the wing which is caused by expression of RagAQ61L.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4en.PU is still seen in a hppySH1261 background.
hppySH1261 is rescued by hppyUAS.cTa/Scer\GAL4da.G32
Expression of hppyScer\UAS.cTa under the control of Scer\GAL4da.G32 rescues the reduced total body triglyceride levels of hppySH1261 homozygotes.
The lethality of the original insertion chromosome may or may not be caused by this allele.
Precise excision of the insertion reverts the mutant phenotype.