Characteristics of piRNAs and their comparative profiling in testes of sheep with different fertility

As a novel class of small RNAs, piRNAs are highly expressed in the animal gonads and their main known role is to inhibit transposon activity for ensuring the correctness and integrity of genome. In order to explore the characteristics of piRNAs in sheep testis and their possible regulatory roles on...

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Main Authors: Ran Di, Rensen Zhang, Joram Mwashigadi Mwacharo, Xiangyu Wang, Xiaoyun He, Yufang Liu, Jinlong Zhang, Yiming Gong, Xiaosheng Zhang, Mingxing Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.1078049/full