(A) Box plot displaying total small RNAs levels targeting genes from the indicated small RNA pathways in simr-1 mutants relative to wild-type animals raised for a single generation at 25°C. Details regarding definition of small RNA target gene classes is provided in the Materials and Methods section. (B) Small RNA distribution across the RDE-1-target gene Y47H10A.5 in wild-type, simr-1 mutants, prg-1 mutants and mut-16 mutants at 20°C and wild-type, simr-1 mutants, and mut-16 mutants for a single generation at 25°C, shows that small RNAs targeting Y47H10A.5 are produced independently of simr-1 and prg-1. (C) Venn diagrams indicating overlap of genes depleted of total small RNAs by two-fold or more in simr-1, prg-1, and mut-16 mutants compared to wild-type. (D) Box plot displaying total small RNAs levels mapping to piRNA-target genes in simr-1 mutants raised at 20°C or for one, two, seven or 10 generations at 25°C compared to wild-type animals raised at the same temperature for the same number of generations. piRNA-target genes are defined as those depleted of total small RNAs by two-fold or more in a prg-1 mutant, therefore all piRNA-target genes will have a log2(fold change small RNA abundance) ≤ −1 in a prg-1 mutant and would fall below the red dotted line.