Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Genetic instability also protects genome integrity
Although it produces pathogenic structural variations, genetic instability at the pachytene piRNA loci protects germ-line genome integrity against transposable element mobilization by driving the formation of rapidly-evolving piRNA sequences.
The infection event could have ended in tragedy
We present the scientific story we discovered (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36123-w) in the form of a drama.