CG13377BG01596 homozygous males have significantly increased levels of aggression. (P < 0.0001; Male aggression index = 19.55). The mushroom body alpha-lobes in these animals are significantly longer, relative to overall brain size, than in wild-type (P <0.01) and are sometimes enlarged at the tip.
Mutants show an abnormal olfactory avoidance response to 0.3% benzaldehyde.
Homozygous males and females show a significant decrease in starvation resistance compared to controls.