Synonyms & Definition of Transposon
From WordNet 2.0 :
Transposon
:
(noun)
1: 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) [syn:
jumping gene
]
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