Fig. 4. Overexpression of dPSR results in phenotypes similar to
hid and dronc null flies. Male
flies of the genotype w; act5C-GAL4/+ (A), w;
act5C-GAL4/UAS-dPSR (B), w; hidP05414/H99
(C), and
dronc124/dronc129(D). The black
lines above the fly indicate the alignment of the genitals. Rotated genitalia
can be observed in flies that lack hid or dronc as well as
those that overexpress dPSR ubiquitously. (E) The penetrance of the
rotation defect was observed to be similar in w;
hid05014/H99 compared to w; hid05014,
dPSRFM1/H99, dPSRFM1 males (n=74 and 61
males, respectively). (The penetrance of rotation in
act5C-GAL4/UAS-dPSR flies was 54%, n=642, and 100% for
dronc124/dronc129 escapers, n=8.)
(F-H) Expression of dPSR under control of the apterous driver resulted
in wing phenotypes similar to those of hid and dronc
mutants. (F) yw; apterous-GAL4/UAS-dPSR, (G) w;
hidP05414/H99, and (H)
dronc124/dronc129. The ballooned wing
phenotype (G,H) was observed in 39% and a wavy wing phenotype (F) was observed
in 54% of 59 apterous-GAL4/UAS-dPSR flies analyzed. The ballooned
wing phenotype was observed in 100% of eight
dronc124/dronc129 flies examined, and
100% of 20 hid flies.