RNA polymerase II-mediated rDNA transcription mediates rDNA copy number expansion in Drosophila

• George J. Watase ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gwatase@kumamoto-u.ac.jp (GJW); yukikomy@wi.mit.edu (YMY)

  Affiliations Department of Germline Development, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto, JAPAN, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8250-9027

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• Yukiko M. Yamashita

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gwatase@kumamoto-u.ac.jp (GJW); yukikomy@wi.mit.edu (YMY)

  Affiliations Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5541-0216

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