Dysregulation of piRNAs and TEs in mutants.

<p>(A and B) Fold change of piRNAs (A) and <i>TEs</i> (B) between <i>Δsiwi</i> and <i>Δago3</i> ovaries, as determined by qRT-PCR. (C and D) Fold change of piRNAs (C) and <i>TEs</i> (D) between <i>Δash2</i> and <i>Δsetd2</i> ovaries. The expression amount was normalized to WT animals. Silkworm <i>ribosome protein 49</i> (<i>Bmrp49</i>) was used as the internal reference for <i>TEs</i>, and the small RNA U6 was used as the internal reference for piRNAs. Three individual replicates were used for qRT-PCR. Error bars represent the mean ± S.E.M. and asterisks stand for significance with <i>p<0</i>.<i>05</i>.