Promoter hypermethylation of PIWI/piRNA pathway genes associated with diminished pachytene piRNA production in bovine hybrid male sterility

Hybrid male sterility (HMS) is a postzygotic reproductive isolation mechanism that enforces speciation. A bovine example of HMS is the yattle (also called dzo), an interspecies hybrid of taurine cattle (Bos taurus) and yak (Bos grunniens). The molecular mechanisms underlying HMS of yattle are not we...

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Main Authors: Gong-Wei Zhang, Ling Wang, Huiyou Chen, Jiuqiang Guan, Yuhui Wu, Jianjun Zhao, Zonggang Luo, Wenming Huang, Fuyuan Zuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-09-01
Series:Epigenetics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2020.1738026