mobile genetic element

Noun

Meaning

mobile genetic element (plural mobile genetic elements)

(genetics) A kind of genetic material, found in all organisms, that can move around within a genome, or be transferred from one species or replicon to another.
Synonym: MGE

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

retrovirus transposon

Close letter words and terms

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