Insertion lines from this collection were assessed for inclusion in the BDGP Gene Disruption Project collection.
A set of mutant stocks derived by insertional mutagenesis using the P-element construct P{hsneo}; most lines have a lethal or sterile phenotype. The P{hsneo} construct carries a neomycin-resistance gene with a heat-shock promoter (allowing chemical selection in flies using G418), and bacterial sequences that allow plasmid rescue. First dataset of this type.
Complementation tests with molecularly defined deletions place the P{hsneo}fs(2)neo41 insertion in the interval 2L:72671--159063 (release 6 genome), equivalent to a cytological location of 21B1--21B3.