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    Pan-arthropod analysis reveals somatic piRNAs as an ancestral defence against transposable elements

    In animals, small RNA molecules termed PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) silence transposable elements (TEs), protecting the germline from genomic instability and mutation. piRNAs have been detected in the soma i...

    Samuel H. Lewis, Kaycee A. Quarles, Yu**g Yang… in Nature Ecology & Evolution (2018)