Production of functional oocytes requires maternally expressed PIWI genes and piRNAs in golden hamsters
Hidetoshi Hasuwa, Yuka W. Iwasaki, Wan Kin Au Yeung…·Haruhiko Siomi
This study shows that PIWI genes and piRNAs are essential for producing functional oocytes in golden hamsters, with different effects on gene expression and DNA methylation depending on the PIWI gene.