piRNAs Are Associated with Diverse Transgenerational Effects on Gene and Transposon Expression in a Hybrid Dysgenic Syndrome of D. virilis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Erwin, Alexandra A ^a   Galdos, Mauricio A ^a   Wickersheim, Michelle L ^a   Harrison, Chris C ^a   Marr, Kendra D ^a   Colicchio, Jack M ^a   Blumenstiel, Justin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIWI INTERACTING RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSPOSON;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GERM LINE; HYBRID DYSGENESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERICENTRIOLAR REGION; TELOMERE; TRANSPOSON; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CHIMERA; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OVARY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHIMERA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; MALE; OVARY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84940755526     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005332     Document Type: Article

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