RV12.hs2sev flies exhibit rough eyes from the exterior and in tangential section show ommatidia containing supernumerary small rhabdomere cells. Two copies of Ras85DV12.sev increases the strength of the phenotype, with an abundance of supernumerary small rhabdomere cells.
Rap1V12.hs2sev has eye phenotype, suppressible by rl10a
Rap1V12.hs2sev has photoreceptor cell R7 phenotype, suppressible by rl10a
Rap1V12.hs2sev has ommatidium phenotype, suppressible by rl10a
Rap1V12.hs2sev has rhabdomere | increased number phenotype, suppressible by rl10a
Rap1V12.hs2sev has eye phenotype, suppressible by Df(2R)M41A10/+
Rap1V12.hs2sev has photoreceptor cell R7 phenotype, suppressible by Df(2R)M41A10/+
Rap1V12.hs2sev has ommatidium phenotype, suppressible by Df(2R)M41A10/+
Rap1V12.hs2sev has rhabdomere | increased number phenotype, suppressible by Df(2R)M41A10/+
Rap1V12.hs2sev is a suppressor of photoreceptor cell R7 | somatic clone phenotype of sev14
Rap1V12.hs2sev is a suppressor of ommatidium | somatic clone phenotype of sev14
The eye roughening and multiple R7 phenotype of RV12.hs2sev mutants is significantly suppressed by the loss of one copy of rl (in rl10a or Df(2R)M41A10 heterozygotes).
The presence of RV12.hs2sev in a sev14 homozygous background suppresses the R7 photoreceptor loss seen in sev14 mutants.
Introduction of RV12.hs2sev clones in sev14 eye tissue results in normally constructed ommatidia (containing a single R7 at their centre). The R7 cells in these ommatidia are invariably pigmented (indicating the presence of RV12.hs2sev) and demonstrate the cell-autonomous rescue of sev14 in the R7 precursor by activated R.