Predicted to be involved in eye development. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including antennal primordium; central brain primordium; dorsal epidermis primordium; ganglia; and head epidermis primordium. Used to study microphthalmia. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in coloboma and syndromic microphthalmia 14. Orthologous to human MAB21L1 (mab-21 like 1) and MAB21L2 (mab-21 like 2).