Transposon

nounid 152297·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: jumping gene
plural: Transposons
possessive: Transposon's
pluralpossessive: Transposons'

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§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)

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