3-5 day old homozygotes show reduced climbing ability in a negative geotaxis assay.
The viability of homozygous mir-11KO.w- mutants is not different from controls. Homozygous mir-11KO.w- mutants show no significant reduction in the completion of embryogenesis compared to controls.
mir-11KO.w- has viable phenotype, suppressible by Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1
mir-11KO.w- has viable phenotype, suppressible | partially by Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1/Df(3L)XR38
mir-11KO.w-/mir-11R.w- has viable phenotype, non-suppressible by Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1
mir-11KO.w- has viable phenotype, non-suppressible by Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1/Df(3L)X14
mir-11KO.w- has viable phenotype, non-suppressible by Df(3L)H99/Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1
Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1, mir-11KO.w- has abnormal neuroanatomy phenotype
Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1, mir-11KO.w- has larval longitudinal connective phenotype
Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1, mir-11KO.w- has symmetrical commissure phenotype
Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1, mir-11KO.w- has larval central nervous system phenotype
Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1, mir-11KO.w- has glial cell phenotype
The mir-11KO.w-, Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1 double mutant combination show strong reduction in survival compared with the parental lines. The mir-11KO.w-, Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1 combination shows strong embryonic lethality. This lethality can be rescued by mir-11R.w-.
mir-11KO.w-/+, Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1 double mutants show a modest but statistically significant decrease in survival compared with controls. The reciprocal combination (mir-11KO.w-, Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1/+) does not show any significant effect on survival compared to controls.
mir-11KO.w-, Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1 double mutants display embryonic central nervous system (CNS) defects. Longitudinal connectives are thin and show occasional gaps between segments, typically interrupting the nerve cord in the mid-abdominal region. Mutant commissures are also abnormal in spacing and thickness. All the mutant embryos show abnormal CNS morphology in at least one segment. On an average, two segments per embryo lacked longitudinal connectives. These defects are not observed in double mutant embryos rescued by inclusion of Df(2R)6R, and are considerably less frequent in double mutant embryos rescued by inclusion of the rescue allele mir-11R.w-
Glial cells are irregular in shape and spacing, and in some cases are lost in the affected region of the mir-11KO.w-, Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1 double mutant embryos.
Df(3L)XR38/+ partially suppresses the lethality of mir-11KO.w-, Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1 double mutants.
Df(3L)X14/+ strongly suppresses the lethality of mir-11KO.w-, Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1 double mutants.
Df(3L)H99/+ suppresses the embryonic CNS phenotypes and the lethality of mir-11KO.w-, Df(2R)mir-309-6Δ1 double mutants.