Figure 3. lin-28^dF30 Newborn Flies Lack DIOMs.

(A, B) 8-day old w¹¹¹⁸ (n = 7) and lin-28^dF30/+ males (n = 10) have a bilaterally symmetrical male specific muscle, which spans the segment a5 of the abdomen, called muscle of Lawrence (asterisks). (C) 8-day old male lin-28^dF30 mutant (n = 10), did not present any dramatic muscle phenotype. However, they exhibited minor defects such as shorter muscle of Lawrence (asterisk) and larger dorsal muscles (arrowhead). (D, E) Newly eclosed w¹¹¹⁸ (n = 3) and lin-28^dF30/+ males (n = 5) have the transitory muscles called DIOMs (arrows). (F) Newly eclosed lin-28^dF30 mutants (n = 5) presented a loss of the DIOMs. Scale bar represents 100 µm.