Figure 7

GYPSY12 TE produces an abundant 29-nt piRNA. (A) Density of the antisense reads belonging to a cluster of piRNAs located at chromosomal 3 L:21088562–21097560 locus. (B) Mapping of 26-, 27- and 29-nt sized piRNAs to the GYPSY12-LTR element. Shown here are the reads mapping from whole male larvae as a representative example. The most abundant piRNA (2766 reads) is 29-nt long and highlighted with a circle. (C) The same 29-nt piRNA was consistently the most abundant in the various tissues examined. An example is shown from the ovaries (17944 normalised reads).