Fig. 6.

The effect of TE insertions on relative allelic expression. Boxplots show the relative allelic expression (expression of the allele on same haplotype as TE insertion relative to expression of both alleles) for genes near heterozygous TE insertions, scored in a range of window sizes ranging from 0 bp (within the gene) to 10 kb from the gene. (A) The relative allelic expression is reduced for genes with nearby TE insertions. (B) The degree of reduction of relative allelic expression is stronger for genes near TE insertions targeted by uniquely mapping siRNA. (C) There is no reduction of relative allelic expression for genes near TE insertions that are not targeted by uniquely mapping siRNA.