Associations to the word «Transposon»
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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
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.