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From: Non-coding RNAs and chromatin: key epigenetic factors from spermatogenesis to transgenerational inheritance

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RNA content from germ cells to a mature sperm. A Inside the testis, germ cells differentiate from spermatogonia to immature sperm throughout the epithelium of the seminiferous tubules. B Immature testicular sperm (green sperm) is released from the tubules reaching the first third of the epididymis, the caput, where are still immature (yellow sperm). Next, sperm travels throughout the epididymis from the caput to the cauda to mature (red sperm). This passage involves a series of input clues from the epididymis, including the transference of small ncRNAs through the epididymosomes modifying the sperm RNA payload shown in the table

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