Visualizing photoreceptor clones in living flies

FLP/FRT and fluorescent markers can be used to generate mitotic clones in the eye with normal and mutant photoreceptor cells expressing different fluorescent markers. The method was described in:

Gambis, A., Dourlen, P., Steller, H., Mollereau, B. (2011). Two-color in vivo imaging of photoreceptor apoptosis and development in Drosophila. Dev. Biol. 351(1): 128--134.

Stock #FRTtdTomatoGenotypeChr_arm
43345P{neoFRT}40AP{ninaE-tdTomato-ninaC}2LP{ry[+t7.2]=rh1-GAL4}1, P{ry[+t7.2]=ey-FLP.N}2; P{w[+mC]=ninaE-tdTomato-ninaC}2L P{ry[+t7.2]=neoFRT}40A; P{w[+mC]=UAS-GFP-ninaC}32L
43346P{neoFRT}42DP{ninaE-tdTomato-ninaC}2RP{ry[+t7.2]=rh1-GAL4}1, P{ry[+t7.2]=ey-FLP.N}2; P{ry[+t7.2]=neoFRT}42D P{w[+mC]=ninaE-tdTomato-ninaC}2R; P{w[+mC]=UAS-GFP-ninaC}32R
43347P{neoFRT}80BP{ninaE-tdTomato-ninaC}3LP{ry[+t7.2]=rh1-GAL4}1, P{ry[+t7.2]=ey-FLP.N}2; P{w[+mC]=UAS-GFP-ninaC}2; P{w[+mC]=ninaE-tdTomato-ninaC}3L P{ry[+t7.2]=neoFRT}80B/TM6B, Tb[1]3L
43348P{neoFRT}82BP{ninaE-tdTomato-ninaC}3RP{ry[+t7.2]=rh1-GAL4}1, P{ry[+t7.2]=ey-FLP.N}2; P{w[+mC]=UAS-GFP-ninaC}2; P{ry[+t7.2]=neoFRT}82B P{w[+mC]=ninaE-tdTomato-ninaC}3R/TM6B, Tb[1]3R

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