The FRT cassette present in the progenitor DroncKO.FRT.Dronc.WT.GFP.APEX2.FRT.QF allele has been excised, allowing the QF driver sequence to be expressed under the control of endogenous Dronc regulatory sequences.
DroncKO.-FRT.QF/DroncKO transheterozygous clones specifically generated in adult intestinal stem cells/enteroblasts, leads to sings of hyperplasia in the posterior midgut, with increased size of esg-positive progenitors (ISCs and EBs), and increased proportion of proliferating cells.
Adult posterior midgut clones specifically generated in esg-positive progenitors (ISCs and EBs), and which both express Nint.U.UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4esg.PU and are DroncKO.-FRT.QF/DroncKO transheterozygous show decreased proportion of progenitors.