Mutation within the nxf2 coding region (deletion of 17bp, insertion of 1bp). Results in a frameshift.
G
The deletion of 17 bases (ATTGGAACGAAATCACA) and insertion of 1 base (G) leads to a frameshift.
decreased fecundity | female (with nxf2g2)
decreased fecundity | female | recessive
female sterile (with nxf2g2)
viable (with nxf2g2)
nxf2g1/nxf2g2 females develop gonads but are sterile, as they lay fewer eggs than nxf2g1/+ controls and none of these develop into a larva. Likewise nxf2g1/nxf2g1 females lay fewer egss than controls.