Figure 1.

Generation of Cricket Paralysis Virus (CrPV)-derived small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) with species-dependent length distribution. Length distribution of small RNAs mapping to CrPV, derived from fat body of CrPV-infected Spodoptera exigua (A), Locusta migratoria (B), and Bombus terrestris (C); as well as from CrPV-infected Trichoplusia ni High Five cells (D) and Tribolium castaneum TcA cells (E). Reads (y axis): number of reads. Length (x axis): length (nt) of the reads. Black: sense reads. Green: antisense reads. To avoid degradation products and general contaminants, reads shorter than 18 nt and longer than 31 nt were not included. Mapping was performed with Bowtie2 and graphs were obtained with the viRome package in R.