tplus3aΔ, tplus3bΔ has male sterile phenotype, suppressible by tplus3bEGFP
tplus3aΔ, tplus3bΔ has male sterile phenotype
tplus3aΔ, tplus3bΔ/Df(2L)BSC151 has male semi-fertile phenotype
tplus3aΔ, tplus3bΔ/Df(2L)BSC151 has abnormal size | male | adult stage phenotype
tplus3aΔ, tplus3bΔ/Df(2L)BSC151 has abnormal cell number | spermatogenesis phenotype
tplus3aΔ, tplus3bΔ/Df(2L)BSC151 has seminal vesicle phenotype
tplus3aΔ, tplus3bΔ/Df(2L)BSC151 has spermatozoon phenotype
tplus3aΔ, tplus3bΔ/Df(2L)BSC151 has spermatid cyst phenotype
tplus3aΔ, tplus3bΔ/Df(2L)BSC151 has individualization stage spermatid phenotype
tplus3aΔ, tplus3bΔ double homozygotes are male sterile; this phenotype is rescued by tplus3bEGFP.
In the testes of tplus3a, tplus3b double mutants (tplus3aΔ and tplus3bΔ over Df(2L)BSC151) many spermatid bundles are arranged in parallel, but some are dispersed in the testis and lose their cyst organization. In some cases the individualization complex is abnormal in that one end is thickened. Although the seminal vesicles are empty of mature sperm in 1-day old males, they accumulate more mature sperm than controls in 5- and 6-days old males. In agreement, these males produce much fewer progeny than controls by day 4, but progressively reach the fertility of wild-type, Df(2L)BSC151 heterozygous, or tplus3aΔ, tplus3bΔ double heterozygous controls.