Pecanex Homolog (PCNX)

Clone cos9, containing a 43 kb insert, transformed the germ line of homozygous K10 females and allowed production of normal progeny. It also rescued three genes, crooked neck, pecanex, and kurz, which map genetically near K10.Embryos produced by Drosophila females homozygous for the maternal-effect neurogenic mutations almondex and pecanex can be partially rescued by microinjection of wild-type ooplasm. In addition, these mutations fully complement one another with respect to this assay, as they do by classical genetic criteria. Finally, embryos from both mutations cease to be rescuable after the establishment of the syncytial blastoderm.