Fig. 4

Dynamics of rRNA fragments across regions. PAR (testis parenchyma), CAP (caput), COR (corpus), and CAU (cauda) epididymis and ejaculated sperm (SPZ). a Relative expression of reads counts from each region was computed per rRNA fragment subtype, illustrating specific patterns of rRNA expression. For instance, 5.8S derived fragments are primarily expressed in epididymis corpus. b Relative expressions of rRNA fragment subtypes were computed per region, showing that fragments derived from 28s rRNA account for the majority of read counts in parenchyma and epididymis caput, while fragments derived from 16s rRNA account for a large proportion of read counts in epididymis cauda and ejaculated sperm