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Jumping Gene

nounid 79593·updated May 18, 2026
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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

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synonym
transposon
plural
Jumping Genes
possessive
Jumping Gene's
pluralpossessive
Jumping Genes'

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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

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