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Large Drosophila Germline piRNA Clusters are Evolutionarily Labile and Dispensable for Transposon Regulation


ABSTRACT: PIWI proteins and their guiding Piwi-interacting small RNAs (piRNAs) are crucial for fertility and transposon defense in the animal germline. In most species, the majority of piRNAs are produced from distinct large genomic loci, called piRNA clusters. It is assumed that germline-expressed piRNA clusters, particularly in Drosophila, act as master regulators to control the activity of transposons dispersed across the genome. Here, using synteny analysis, we show that large germline clusters are evolutionarily labile, arise at loci characterized by recurrent chromosomal rearrangements, and are mostly species-specific across the Drosophila genus. By engineering chromosomal deletions in D. melanogaster, we demonstrate that the three largest germline clusters, which the generation of >40% of all transposon-targeting piRNAs depend on, are neither required for fertility nor for the regulation of transposon activity in trans. We provide further evidence that dispersed active elements, rather than the regulatory action of large Drosophila germline clusters in trans, may be central for transposon defense.

ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster

PROVIDER: GSE174561 | GEO | 2021/05/31

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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