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piRNAs Are Associated with Diverse Transgenerational Effects on Gene and Transposon Expression in a Hybrid Dysgenic Syndrome of D. virilis.
PLoS genetics - 1 Aug 2015
Erwin Alexandra A, Galdos Mauricio A, Wickersheim Michelle L, Harrison Chris C, Marr Kendra D, Colicchio Jack M, Blumenstiel Justin P
Abstract excerpt
Sexual reproduction allows transposable elements (TEs) to proliferate, leading to rapid divergence between populations and species. A significant outcome of divergence in the TE landscape is evident in hybrid dysgenic syndromes, a strong form of genomic incompatibility that can arise when (TE) family abundance differs between two parents. When TEs inherited from the father are absent in the mother's genome, TEs...
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