jumping gene

Noun

Meaning

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)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

transposon transposition ice plasmid phage horizontal gene transfer prophage dna transposon insertion sequence genomic island mobile genetic element integrative conjugative element is element mobilome gene cassette

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Hypernyms

DNA deoxyribonucleic acid desoxyribonucleic acid

Close letter words and terms

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