Title: The Blind Men and the Piwi Elephant—Opening a Can of Worms.
Authors: Roberts, Roland G.
Abstract: The article discusses a study by Peter Sarkies and colleagues, published in the periodical "PLOS Biology" on workhorse worm's phylogenetic neighborhood which revealed a degree of evolutionary dynamism in the Piwi-piRNA system and in other small RNA pathway and other transposon management schemes. Topics covered include the five groups or clades of the nematodes, the emergence of piRNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans, and the implication of similar systems found in plants and fungi.
Subjects: WORMS; PHYLOGENY; PIWI genes; TRANSPOSONS; NEMATODES; CAENORHABDITIS elegans
Publication: PLoS Biology, 2015, Vol 13, Issue 2, p1
ISSN: 1544-9173
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002062

The Blind Men and the Piwi Elephant—Opening a Can of Worms.

Roberts, Roland G.