Telomeres in Drosophila are composed of sequential non-LTR retrotransposons: Het-A, TART, TAHRE. Although their expression is highly dynamic, molecular mechanism governing these retrotransposons is po
Argonaute 2 (AGO2) is a cytoplasmic component of the miRNA pathway with essential roles in development and disease. Yet, little is known about its regulation in vivo. Here, we show that in mouse quies
The hippocampus is associated with essential brain functions such as learning and memory. Human hippocampal volume is significantly greater than expected when compared to non-human apes, suggesting a
Background: The small RNAs that Transposable Elements generate are vastly different when they are transcriptionally silenced compared to when they are transcriptionally activated. We performed the dee
DNA methylation and other repressive epigenetic marks are erased in the mammalian germline and transposable elements (TEs) acquire the potential to be transcribed. This is a critical phase for genome
