Transcriptomic and functional analyses of the piRNA pathway in the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus

• Tarcisio Brito,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Institute of Molecular Entomology (INCT), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho (IBCCF), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Alison Julio,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Institute of Molecular Entomology (INCT), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Mateus Berni,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Institute of Molecular Entomology (INCT), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Lisiane de Castro Poncio,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Forrest Brasil Tecnologia Ltda, Araucária, Paraná, Brazil

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• Emerson Soares Bernardes,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Forrest Brasil Tecnologia Ltda, Araucária, Paraná, Brazil, Nuclear Energy Research Institute, Radiopharmacy Center, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Helena Araujo,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Institute of Molecular Entomology (INCT), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Michael Sammeth,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho (IBCCF), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Attilio Pane

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

  * E-mail: apane@icb.ufrj.br

  Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Institute of Molecular Entomology (INCT), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9642-8495

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