A 7 bp deletion after the 31st base pair from the start codon, which introduces a premature stop codon at the position of the 45th amino acid.
A seven bp deletion causes a frameshift and early translation termination after the addition of 34 novel amino acids. Translation is postulated to occur from an internal start codon in the mutant.
kmgΔ7/Df(2L)ED779 mutants are viable, female-fertile but male sterile - the male testes display accumulation of mature primary spermatocytes arrested just before transition to meiosis I.
kmgΔ7/Df(2L)ED779 is rescued by kmg+t4.3
The differentiation defects, meiotic arrest and sterility characteristic for kmgΔ7/Df(2L)ED779 males are rescued by combination with kmg+t4.3.