GSE125601

Small RNA-mediated transgenerational silencing of histone genes impairs fertility in piRNA mutants

PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) promote fertility in many animals. Yet, whether this is due to their conserved role in repressing repetitive elements (REs) remains unclear. Here, we show that the progressive loss of fertility in Caenorhabditis elegans lacking piRNAs is not caused by derepression of REs or other piRNA targets, but rather mediated by the epigenetic silencing of all the replicative histone genes. In the absence of piRNAs, downstream components of the piRNA pathway relocalize from ge...

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measured = computed from the data · extrapolated/reported = derived or from the repository · dq-1.0 · provisional — verify independently