Fig. 7: Comparison of testicular pachytene piRNAs between golden hamsters and mice.
From: The non-redundant functions of PIWI family proteins in gametogenesis in golden hamsters
a Heatmap of piRNA abundance for the golden hamster pachytene piRNA loci and the syntenic loci in mouse and human. b MEME identification of an A-MYB binding motif in the promoter regions of pachytene piRNA loci of golden hamsters. The optimal enrichment p value of the motif is determined according to Fisher’s exact test, adjusted for multiple tests using a Bonferroni correction. c Heatmap of piRNA abundance in the testes of golden hamster and mouse testes across developmental stages. In golden hamster, the 97 pachytene piRNA loci identified above are used with a corresponding set of well-defined pachytene piRNA loci from mice48. PL pre-leptotene, L leptotene, Z zygotene, P pachytene, RS round sperm. d Pie charts illustrating the genomic annotation of loci responsible for pachytene piRNAs in mouse and golden hamster male germ cells, including intergenic, intronic, other exonic, lncRNA, pseudogene, protein-coding, other repeats, DNA transposon, and retro transposon regions.
