Associations to the word «Transposon»

Wiktionary

TRANSPOSON, noun. (genetics) a segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome

Dictionary definition

TRANSPOSON, noun. A segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca