Expression of potentially dsRNA-forming genes in various mouse tissues and staged male germ cells. (A) Bar graph indicating the total number of expressed genes (100%, indicated above the bars) and the percentage of dsRNA-forming genes within the colored, lower part of the bars. Brown and red areas reflect the proportion of genes that form dsRNA in testis (dsRNA-associated genes), and the light gray areas are expressed genes without evidence of dsRNA. The different colors represent the data sets from Pervouchine (light brown), da Cruz (red), and Zuo (brown) (Pervouchine et al. 2015; da Cruz et al. 2016; Zuo et al. 2016). (B) Compilation of all the values presented in A. Box plot indicating the median (solid black line) and 25th and 75th percentiles as box limits. Whiskers show 1.5 times the interquartile range; pachytene spermatocytes represent a clear outlier. χ2 test was performed, and related P-values are indicated.
