The normal programmed cell death of vCrz neurons is completely blocked in grimMI03811/Df(3L)grimA6C animals (assayed at 7 hours after puparium formation). 6.8 +/- 2.6 surviving EW3-sib cells are seen in these animals (these cells die during embryogenesis in wild type).
3.6 +/- 1.1 surviving EW3-sib cells are seen in homozygous larvae (these cells die during embryogenesis in wild type).
The programmed cell death of bursCCAP neurons seen in the adult ventral nerve cord of wild type flies after eclosion is suppressed in homozygous grimMI03811/Df(3L)grimA6C mutants. Nearly all bursCCAP neurons survive at 7 days.