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The Drosophila ovarian germline stem cells (GSCs) constantly experience self-renewal and differentiation, ensuring the female fertility throughout life.The balance between GSC self-renewal and differentiation is exquisitely regulated by the stem cell niche, the stem cells themselves and systemic factors.Increasing evidence has shown that the GSC regulation also involves epigenetic mechanisms including chromatin remodeling and histone modification.