The evolutionary arms race between transposable elements and piRNAs in Drosophila melanogaster
Abstract Background The piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that specifically repress transposable elements (TEs) in the germline of Drosophila. Despite our expanding understanding of TE:piRNA interaction, whether there is an evolutionary arms race between TEs and piRNAs was unc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-1580-3 |