prunspecified homozygous female mutants have 37% red pigment in the eye compared to 100% in wild-type flies.
In prunspecified males that are also mutant for mle4, the eyes are darker than for their mle4/+ sibs.
Purple eyes.
prunspecified has abnormal eye color phenotype, enhanceable by Df(1)N-8/we(g)
prunspecified has pigment cell phenotype, enhanceable by Df(1)N-8/we(g)
Female prunspecified/prunspecified; we(g)/Df(1)N-8 double mutant flies have reduced levels of red pigment in the eye compared to prunspecified single mutants.
ry protein levels are normal in the eyes of this mutant.