The mosquito <it>Aedes aegypti </it>has a large genome size and high transposable element load but contains a low proportion of transposon-specific piRNAs
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The piRNA pathway has been shown in model organisms to be involved in silencing of transposons thereby providing genome stability. In <it>D. melanogaster </it>the majority of piRNAs map to these sequences. The medically i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Genomics |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/606 |