Generated through imprecise excision of P{EP}EP2269. 1316bp have been removed, including the 23 bp mature mir-8 miRNA. The deletion spans from 1057 bp upstream of the mature mir-8 sequence to 236 bp downstream of the mature sequence.
mir-8Δ1-S mutant germline stem cells show no obvious maintenance or cell division defects during larval, pupal or adult stages.