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mc = microcephalic
Gene: mc
Feature/structure: Eyes and head
Linkage Group:  5 
Origin: spontaneous [from Sokoloff]
Description: • Width of head is reduced posterior to genal shelf.
• Eyes are variably reduced, ranging from slight reduction in eye size and number of facets, to complete reduction with no facets. Not bilaterally uniform.
• One strain occasionally has an "eye-growth" which appears on a sclerotized encroachment into the anterior edge of the eye. The growth ranges from very small and fine, and often appears segmented in its largest and strongest expression.
Illustration:  
Illustration of mc mutant