Subject: FB Help Mailer: 709 Personal communication
 comments:    We named CG11763 "midlife crisis (micr)" since the first alleles we generated had a gradual germline stem cell (GSC) loss phenotype. We have since identified a second-site mutation on our "micr" chromosomes, and have shown that loss of CG11763 does not have a GSC loss phenotype. We will publish our alleles of CG11763 under the gene name "Ran binding protein M (RanBPM)" because of its homology to vertebrate RanBPM, a name that is well established in the vertebrate literature. 
    I will send you a copy of the RanBPM/CG11763 manuscript as soon as it is accepted for publication.
    For the time being, we are still using the name "micr" for our second site mutations that cause GSC loss.
 realname: David Dansereau