Oseg41 mutants show ciliary transport defects in Johnston's organ chordotonal neurons: despite of no significant difference in the anterograde movement in proximal cilia, there is little to no anterograde movement in distal cilia or retrograde movement in proximal cilia, and retrograde motion in distal cilia is half the speed, as compared to controls. These neurons present no differences in the number, shape, or length of cilia, as compared to controls; despite the absence of paracrystalline inclusions in the ciliary dilations, the doublet microtubules of the 9+0 cilium and the cilia-cap connection seem normal, as compared to controls.
Sound-evoked potentials recorded from antennal nerves are severely decreased compared to controls.
Oseg41 is rescued by Scer\GAL4nan.PL/Oseg4UAS.cLa