A load of small RNAs in the sperm — how many bits of hereditary information?

piRNAs Can Trigger a Multigenerational Epigenetic Memory in the Germline of C. elegans

(2012) Alyson Ashe et al.   CELL

A novel class of tRNA-derived small RNAs extremely enriched in mature mouse sperm

(2012) Hongying Peng et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Paramutation in Drosophila linked to emergence of a piRNA-producing locus

(2012) Augustin de Vanssay et al.   NATURE

Novel Small Noncoding RNAs in Mouse Spermatozoa, Zygotes and Early Embryos

(2012) Mitsuoki Kawano et al.   PLoS One

A survey of small RNAs in human sperm

(2011) Stephen A. Krawetz et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Angiogenin-Induced tRNA Fragments Inhibit Translation Initiation

(2011) Pavel Ivanov et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Sperm-borne microRNA-34c is required for the first cleavage division in mouse

(2011) W.-M. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Angiogenin-induced tRNA-derived Stress-induced RNAs Promote Stress-induced Stress Granule Assembly

(2010) Mohamed M. Emara et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Modulation of Gene Expression by Human Cytosolic tRNase ZL through 5′-Half-tRNA

(2009) Reyad A. Elbarbary et al.   PLoS One

RNA Induction and Inheritance of Epigenetic Cardiac Hypertrophy in the Mouse

(2008) Kay D. Wagner et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL