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Table 1.

Phenotypes and fertility of embryos produced byorb^mel/orb^mel females

Embryonic phenotype	Sterility^{^*}
Undeveloped (51%)	-
Posterior patterning defect (27%)	-
Wild type (22%)	100%

Sterility was determined by dissection of adult flies and confirmed by Vasa staining of pole cells in embryos.