Fig. 1. eyg loss-of-function mutant phenotype. (A-D) Scanning electron
micrographs showing a range of eyg mutant phenotypes. (A)
eyg1, (B) eygM3-12/eyg1,
(C,D) pharate adults that failed to eclose: (C)
eygEq-2-d2-2/In(3LR)gvu, most of the
head structures were lost, but the antennae were present; (D)
eygM3-12, a headless null mutant at higher magnification.
(E-H) Eye-antennal disc. (E) DIC image and (F) Acridine Orange staining of the
same disc from a mid-third instar eyg1 larva. (G) BrdU
labeling of an eyg1 disc and (H) a wild-type disc from a
late third instar larva. (I) Expression of P35 driven by the
ey-GAL4 (abbreviated to ey>P35 in text) did not
rescue the eyg1/eygM3-12 phenotype. The eye
disc is strongly reduced with only a few ELAV-positive cells (red), as in
eyg1/eygM3-12 mutants, while the antenna disc
(with DAC expression, green) is of normal size. (J)
eygM3-12 clones (marked by the absence of GFP staining;
green) induced at 24-48 hours AEL were not detected in the eye disc. The
heterozygous cells have nuclear GFP, while the wild-type twin-spots have a
very strong GFP signal. ELAV (red) stains the photoreceptors.