Rapid disassembly and Piwi-independent reassembly of Drosophila piRNA cluster heterochromatin following acute heat shock.

Environmental stress activates transposons and is proposed to generate genetic diversity that facilitates adaptive evolution. piRNAs guide germline transposon silencing, but the impact of stress on the piRNA pathway is not well understood. In Drosoph…

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