Null alleles of <i>ocm</i> results in decreased cell numbers in the fly eyes.

Abstract

<p>Different <i>ocm</i> alleles were assayed for cell viability in <i>Drosophila</i> eye. (A-B) <i>ocm^S1590F</i>, a weak hypomorphic allele of <i>ocm</i> does not affect cell growth. Other hypomorphic alleles, <i>ocm^G1646E</i> and <i>ocm^V1286D</i> were also tested but they are indistinguishable to <i>ocm^S1590F</i> (data not shown). Increasingly severe alleles (C–D) <i>ocm^V1334D</i>, (E–F) <i>ocm¹⁶⁶</i>^{Δ<i>11 bp</i>} (null allele) result in fly eyes dramatically reduced in size.</p