Expression of Scer\GAL4GMR.PS>cazdsRNA.180-346.Scer\UAS in eye imaginal discs induces morphologically aberrant rough eyes.
Knockdown of caz through the expression of cazdsRNA.180-346.Scer\UAS in the developing eye in the region posterior to the morphogenetic furrow, under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PS, induces morphologically aberrant rough eyes. SEM images show fusion of ommatidia and a lack of bristles.