Overexpression of miR-927-5p suppresses Stalky expression and negatively reduces the spermatid production in Zeugodacus cucurbitae.

Our work presents not only a new, so far unreported mechanism regulating spermatogenesis by miR-927-5p targeting a new unknown target, Stalky, which is providing new knowledge on the regulatory network of insect spermatogenesis, but it is also laying a foundation for the development of SIT against important tephritid fly pests. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.