Reintegration of the 19.3 kb fragment removed in Abd-Biab-5.6.CI carrying an approximately 4.3 kb internal deletion spanning Drosophila genome project release 5 coordinates 3R:12712171-12716492 .
Flies homozygous for Abd-Biab-6.8 show only a partial transformation of abdominal segment A6 to A5 as seen by the sternite shape and trichome pattern on A6 which remain A6-like.