oskbcd.UTR causes formation of ectopic pole cells at the anterior in 43% of embryos.
oskbcd.UTR embryos have a bicaudal phenotype.
Embryos from mothers that carry 4 copies of theoskbcd.UTR transgene show approximately double the number of pole cells compared to wild-type embryos.
Expression ofoskbcd.UTR results in ectopic anterior pole cell formation in embryos.
P{osk-bcd3'UTR} andP{osk-bcd3'UTR};Tm1gs1/Tm1gs1 embryos form two abdomens of opposite polarity.
Homozygous embryos develop mirror image duplication of posterior abdomen and telson structures. In early embryos pole cells are formed at the anterior and posterior poles.
oskbcd.UTR hasprimordial germ cell |ectopic phenotype, suppressible byLaspy41
oskbcd.UTR hasembryo |anterior phenotype, suppressible bycsulP
oskbcd.UTR hasprimordial germ cell |ectopic phenotype, suppressible byvls3
oskbcd.UTR is a non-suppressor ofprimordial germ cell phenotype ofcsulP
Expression ofoskbcd.UTR in aLaspy41 mutant background results in only 10% of blastoderm embryos showing pole cell formation at the anterior. All fertilised eggs develop into embryos that display the bicaudal phenotype.
csulP suppresses the bicaudal phenotype ofoskbcd.UTR embryos. The embryos produced have cuticle with a normal polarity, but the head is malformed. Pole cells are not formed in these double mutant embryos.
The formation of ectopic anterior pole cells seen inoskbcd.UTR embryos is suppressed invls3 blastoderm embryos.