FRT/FLP mediated recombination of PBac{WH}Asapf00102 and P{XP}d08197 has resulted in almost complete removal of udd and the 3' end of Asap.
egg chamber (with udd1)
nucleolus | oogenesis (with udd0683-G4)
ovary (with udd0683-G4)
testis (with udd0683-G4)
udd1/uddnull and udd0683-G4/uddnull ovaries are small. udd1/uddnull ovaries contain egg chambers only up to stages 4-5 of oogenesis. udd0683-G4/uddnull ovaries contain egg chambers up to stages 11 of oogenesis, which show apoptotic chromatin condensation; nucleoli in stage 7 nurse cells are less branched.
Over time uddnull mutant germline stem cell clones induced in female flies become less proliferative and are eventually lost from the cap cell niche.
Over time uddnull/udd1 mutant germline stem cell clones induced in female flies become less proliferative and are eventually lost from the cap cell niche.