Embryos derived from females expressing mtrmScer\UAS.FL.T:Zzzz\FLAG under the control of Scer\GAL4mat.αTub67C.T:Hsim\VP16 show defects in approximately 20% of cases. The defects seen include 'nuclear fallout' (nuclei at the surface detach from their centromeres and fall back into the middle of the embryos), 'mitotic catastrophe' (embryos have only scattered DNA with no real spindle organisation: some contain DNA over the entire expanse of the embryo, while others only contain DNA in a particular section of the embryo) and 'uneven development' (part of the embryo contains only scattered DNA, the other part appears to reach the blastoderm stage).
The defects seen in embryos derived from females expressing mtrmScer\UAS.FL.T:Zzzz\FLAG under the control of Scer\GAL4mat.αTub67C.T:Hsim\VP16 show higher penetrance and are more severe if the females are also heterozygous for polo11.
The X and 4th chromosome nondisjunction defects seen in FM7/X females heterozygous for Df(3L)66C-T2-10 are rescued by expression of mtrmScer\UAS.FL.T:Zzzz\FLAG under the control of Scer\GAL4nos.UTR.T:Hsim\VP16.