Amino acid replacement: W660E.
TGG15074155GAA
W660E
W660 (TGG) was substituted with Glu (GAA).
Embryos from vasW660E homozygous as well as vasW660E/vasPH165 transheterozygous mothers fail to form pole cells or have only drastically reduced number of them. Progeny of vasW660E homozygous females show impaired embryonic patterning (assessed by no. of ftz stripes).
The number of eggs produced by either vasW660E homozygous or vasW660E/vasPH165 females is comparable to wild-type but the eggs display frequent dorsal appendage defects.