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piRNA clusters need a minimum size to control transposable element invasions

2019-11-11

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piRNA clusters are thought to repress transposable element activity in mammals and invertebrates. Here we show that a simple population genetics model reveals a constraint on the size of piRNA clusters: the total size of the piRNA clusters of an organism ought to exceed 0.2% of a genome. Larger piRNA clusters accounting for up to 3% of the genome may be necessary when populations are small, transposition rates are...

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Literature Corpus work: db61ba2b-7296-55e7-acc7-e7c3d68d69db
DOI: 10.1101/838292

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