Fig. 1. A requirement for ac and sc in AWM mechanosensory
organ development after pI selection. (A-E) ac, sc and
sens regulate the number of AWM stout bristles. Close-up views of the
AWM of (A) Canton-S (wild type, wt), (B)
sc10-1/Y, (C) sc10-1/Y;
sensE2/+ and (D) sc10-1/Y; src/+ are
shown. src, sens genomic rescue construct; these flies have three
copies of the wild-type sens gene. Arrow and arrowhead in A point to
a chemosensory bristle and a stout bristle, respectively. (E) Quantification
of the number of stout bristles in A-D; 10-14 wings were quantified for each
genotype. One-way ANOVA with Scheffe error protection indicates that the
difference between sc10-1/Y and sc10-1/Y;
src/+ is not statistically significant. Moreover, a t-test for
independent samples shows that sc10-1/Y (*) and
sc10-1/Y; sensE2/+ (**) are
significantly different from all of the other genotypes
(P<0.0001). Error bars indicate s.e.m. (F-F'')
Double-staining of the AWM of an 8- to 10-hour APF A101-lacZ pupa for
ß-Gal (green) and Sens (red) indicates colocalization of the two proteins
in the mechanosensory pIs and the internal cells of the presumptive
chemosensory organs (asterisks in F). (G-I) Sens staining of the AWM of
(G) A101-lacZ (wild type), (H) sc10-1/Y and (I)
sc10-1/Y; sensE2/+ pupae at 12-14 hours APF
does not show a significant difference in the number of mechanosensory pIs
between these genotypes. Note the absence of chemosensory clusters in H and
I.