Fig. 1. shar-pei mutant clones result in outgrowths on head, thorax and
halteres. Wild-type (left column) and mutant (right column) adult structures
imaged by light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). (A,B) Dorsal views of
a normal sized fly (A) and a fly with a shrp mutant head (B). Both
flies are genetic mosaics. We used the eyFLP transgene to induce
recombination in most cells of the eye-antennal disc
(Newsome et al., 2000). To
increase the number of clone cells, a cell-lethal mutation on the homologous
chromosome was used to eliminate homozygous twin clone cells
(Newsome et al., 2000). In the
normal sized fly,
80% of cells are white but otherwise wild
type. In the mutant fly, white cells are also homozygous mutant for
shrp. These mutant cells make up virtually the entire eye. The body
is wild type and serves as a reference for comparison of head sizes, because
mitotic recombination was specifically induced in the developing head by using
eyFLP. The genotypes are (A) y w eyFLP; FRT82B/FRT82B cell lethal
p[w+] and (B) y w eyFLP; FRT82B shrp1/FRT82B
cell lethal p[w+]. (C,D) SEM images of a wild-type fly and a
fly with a shrp3 mutant head produced by eyFLP
induced mitotic recombination as for (B). (E,F) Higher magnifications of C,D.
The mutant tissue is severely overgrown and folds up. Ocelli (arrows),
bristles and hairs differentiated normally. (G,H) Wild-type thorax and a
thorax with shrp3 mutant clones. The clones result in
overgrown tissue (arrow). (I,J) Wild-type haltere (I) and haltere with
shrp3 mutant clones (J). The mutant haltere is much larger
than normal.