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Small RNAs on the move in male germ cells

SummaryPlants produce 24-nucleotide (nt) small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) to maintain asymmetric DNA methylation in cis—that is, an siRNA will methylate DNA in the same region from which it is produced (1). However, 24-nt siRNAs also direct…