Rapid evolution of piRNA-mediated silencing of an invading transposable element was driven by abundant de novo mutations

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Figure 5.
Figure 5.

The frequency of P-elements in piRNA clusters (red) and the frequency of P-elements outside of clusters (gray) are compared for three sets of annotated piRNA clusters: (A) 32, (B) 159, and (C) 497 clusters.

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  1. Genome Res. 30: 566-575

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