Conservation and divergence of meiocyte sRNAome across Arabidopsis, soybean and cucumber

Meiosis is the biological basis for evolution in sexually reproducing eukaryotes. Our previous work in Arabidopsis meiocytes evidenced that meiocyte-specific sRNAs (ms-sRNAs) have distinct characteristics to that in somatic cells. To confirm our findings of sRNAs in meiocytes, we did sRNA-sequencing of meiocytes in soybean, one of the most important crops, and cucumber, one of the most important vegetables.We hope our work will broaden the understanding on the role of sRNAs when function in a specific tissue.