Prominent mosquito piRNA cluster loci. (A) Genome browser snapshots of notably large piRNA Cluster Loci (piRCL) in mosquitoes. Genes and repeats (TEs) tracks are at the bottom of each snapshot. (B) A dynamically evolving Mosquito-Conserved piRNA Cluster locus (MCpiRCL) expressed throughout gonads, soma, and cell cultures. (i) Zoomed out genome browser snapshots at the kilobase level of the MCpiRCL. (ii) Zoomed in view of the MCpiRCL from the dashed box in (i). The descriptions of the nearest transcript are listed at the top of the browser window. (iii) Microscopic view of the MCpiRCL from the dashed box in (ii). The peaks are color-coded according to the specific reads as DNA in the sequence below each diagram, derived from the region highlighted by the dashed box above the sequence. Reads per million (rpm) and how many occurrences of the read in the satellite tandem repeats within this MCpiRCL.
