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Fig. 2. {Delta}Arm is dependent on endogenous Arm to activate Wg signaling, while S10 is not. arm043A01 germline clones made using the FLP recombinase system expressing either {Delta}Arm or S10 using the GAL4/UAS system. (A) Confocal images of the four embryos obtained when arm043A01; ArmGAL4/+ germline clones were crossed to {Delta}Arm. En stripes are shown in red. Sxl antibodies were used to detect female arm/+ embryos (blue). {Delta}Arm expression is shown by {alpha}-HA staining (green). (B) Confocal images of embryos (arm043A01; ArmGAL4/+ crossed to S10) showing the En stripes ({alpha}-En, red), and lack of Sxl expression in these male embryos (arm/Y, blue). (C) Phase contrast images of arm043A01; ArmGAL4/+ crossed to either S10 or {Delta}Arm. The percentages are the approximate frequency with which the phenotype was observed over the course of three independent experiments. Cuticle preparations from the arm043A01/{Delta}Arm cross show approx. 25% naked (n=43), approx. 25% wild-type (n=36), and approx. 50% severe arm phenotype (n=78), consistent with arm/+; {Delta}Arm/ArmGAL4 leading to naked cuticle, arm/+; {Delta}Arm/+ leading to wild-type cuticle, arm/Y; {Delta}Arm/ArmGAL4 and arm/Y; {Delta}Arm/+ both leading to the severe arm phenotype. Cuticle preparations from the arm043A01/S10 cross show ~50% naked (n=105), ~25% wild-type (n=57), and ~25% severe arm phenotype (n=51), consistent with arm/+; S10/ArmGAL4 and arm/Y; S10/ArmGAL4 both leading to naked cuticle, arm/+; S10/+ leading to wild-type cuticle, arm/Y; S10/+ leading to the severe arm phenotype.