Amino acid replacement: R593Q. Nucleotide substitution: G2507A.
G8937324A
C2507A
R593Q | osk-PA; R455Q | osk-PC; R241Q | osk-PD
R593Q
Maternal effect phenotype when in trans with a deficiency for osk.
Lack posterior body pattern elements and germ cells.
Absence of posterior pole plasm, polar granules and pole cells.
Normal localization of osk mRNA.
Strong allele of osk. The abdominal phenotype of osk can be rescued by cytoplasmic transplantation of wild type posterior pole plasm into the abdominal regions of mutant embryos.