Imprecise excision of the progenitor insertion, resulting in a 2.5kb deletion of genomic sequences uncovering 0.9kb towards Gr5a (removing the promoter, 5' leader sequences and sequences to 133bp downstream of the start codon) and 1.6b towards Tre1 (removing the promoter, exon 1 and part of intron 1).
2492 bp deletion associated with the imprecise excision of P{EP}Tre1EP496 (GB:AB066611).
Embryos derived from mutant mothers are defective in the first active step of germ cell migration, the transepithelial migration through the posterior midgut (PMG). Germ cells in mutant embryos do not transmigrate the PMG, but remain clumped together within midgut pocket. At the end of embryogenesis, mutant embryos have on average one or two germ cells per gonad, compared to the 12-15 seen in wild-type. The overall number of germ cells seems unaffected. This phenotype is fully penetrant. This phenotype does not seem to be due to a defect in germ cell mobility. When mutant mothers are mated with wild-type males a weaker germ-cell migration phenotype is seen than when both parents are mutant. Embryos mutant only in zygotic Tre1 have no germ cell migration phenotype.
Tre1ΔEP5 is rescued by Scer\GAL4VP16.nanos.UTR/Tre1EP496
Tre1ΔEP5 is not rescued by Scer\GAL4nullo.PG/Tre1EP496