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Transposon-mediated genic rearrangements underlie variation in small RNA pathways.
Science advances - 20 Sept 2024
Zhang Gaotian, Félix Marie-Anne, Andersen Erik C
Abstract excerpt
Transposable elements (TEs) can alter host gene structure and expression, whereas host organisms develop mechanisms to repress TE activities. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, a small interfering RNA pathway dependent on the helicase ERI-6/7 primarily silences retrotransposons and recent genes of likely viral origin. By studying gene expression variation among wild C. elegans strains, we found that...
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