RNA extractions were performed using Ambion RNAqueous Total RNA kit (AM1931), including an on-column DNase I treatment using Qiagen DNase I (#79254). Total RNA was analyzed using a Bioanalyzer (Agilent) to check for RNA integrity, with the eukaryotic total RNA-pico program. RNA input for library construction was ∼30 ng. Small RNA libraries were made using the NEXTflex small RNA-seq kit v3 (PerkinElmer NOVA-5132-05), with the following modifications. One-quarter dilution of adapters was used. The 3′ adapter ligation step was done overnight at 20°C. Zygote libraries were amplified at 24 cycles. Postfertilization ovary libraries were amplified at 20 cycles, as prefertilization ovaries (Li et al. 2020 (link)). The library product was size-selected using PippinHT (Sage Science) 3% agarose gel cassettes.