Pan-arthropod analysis reveals somatic piRNAs as an ancestral defence against transposable elements

In animals, small RNA molecules termed PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) silence transposable elements (TEs), protecting the germline from genomic instability and mutation. piRNAs have been detected in the soma in a few animals, but these are believed to be specific adaptations of individual species. H...

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Published in:Nat Ecol Evol
Main Authors: Lewis, Samuel H., Quarles, Kaycee A., Yang, Yujing, Tanguy, Melanie, Frézal, Lise, Smith, Stephen A., Sharma, Prashant P., Cordaux, Richard, Gilbert, Clément, Giraud, Isabelle, Collins, David H., Zamore, Phillip D., Miska, Eric A., Sarkies, Peter, Jiggins, Francis M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5732027/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29203920
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0403-4
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