leg (with Df(1)btd-Sp1)
Sp1HR homozygotes present severe leg defects, including severe shortenings of the leg and its individual segments, joint defects and segment fusions, as compared to controls; Sp1HR homozygous prepupal presumptive fourth tarsal leg segments cells are significantly wider and shorter along the proximodistal axis, without displaying significant differences in apical surface, as compared to controls.
Sp1HR/Df(1)btd-Sp1 transheterozygotes, in which both Sp1 alleles are affected and one btd allele is deleted, present severe leg defects, including a strong decrease in the size of the leg and its individual segments, joint defects and segment fusions, and arista-like bristles in the distal tip of the leg, as compared to controls.
Sp1HR homozygous clones that span leg segments result in segment fusion, usually associated with segment shortening, whereas clones occurring near the distal end of leg segments lead to small outgrowths, as compared to controls.