A 1.27kb segment is deleted from endogenous gdrd.
A 1.27kb segment is deleted from endogenous gdrd. Six bases (CCCACA) are present at the site of the deletion.
CCCACA
gdrd1 homozygotes exhibit empty seminal vesicles, lack mature sperm; testes exhibit fewer individualization complexes, which fail to progress through the length of the sperm; fewer nuclear bundles are undergoing individualization; waste bags are absent.
gdrd1 is rescued by gdrdTag:HA