Some flies do not play ping-pong

Arie Fridrich; Yehu Moran

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3002152

Some flies do not play ping-pong

PLoS Biol. 2023 Jun 7;21(6):e3002152. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002152. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Authors

Arie Fridrich¹, Yehu Moran²

Affiliations

¹ Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
² Department of Ecology Evolution and Behavior, Faculty of Science, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.

Abstract

Genome integrity in animals depends on silencing of mobile elements by Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs). A new study in this issue of PLOS Biology reveals recent evolutionary losses of key piRNA biogenesis factors in flies, highlighting adaptability by rapid shift to alternative piRNA biogenesis strategies.

Copyright: © 2023 Fridrich, Moran. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Animals
Biological Evolution
Drosophila Proteins* / genetics
Drosophila* / genetics
Piwi-Interacting RNA
RNA, Small Interfering / genetics

Substances

Piwi-Interacting RNA
RNA, Small Interfering
Drosophila Proteins

Grants and funding

This work was supported by a European Research Council consolidator grant under the Horizon 2020 program (863809 to YM). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.