The pos-1 3′ untranslated region governs germline specification and proliferation to ensure reproductive robustness

• Haik V. Varderesian,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2381-842X

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• Juliet N. Utaegbulam,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4626-0215

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• Hannah E. Brown,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2523-4341

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• Beverly Ramirez,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Melina Velcani,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Sean P. Ryder

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Sean.Ryder@umassmed.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4960-0739

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