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Unistrand piRNA clusters are an evolutionarily conserved mechanism to suppress endogenous retroviruses across the Drosophila genus

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ORGANISM(S): Drosophila ananassae Drosophila erecta Drosophila subobscura Drosophila yakuba Drosophila mojavensis Drosophila azteca Drosophila takahashii Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila pseudoobscura Drosophila suzukii Drosophila ficusphila Drosophila simulans Drosophila persimilis Drosophila virilis Drosophila biarmipes

PROVIDER: GSE225889 | GEO | 2023/09/26

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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