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

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