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Categories: Modification of genetic information, Mobile genetic elements, Molecular biology, All Wikipedia articles needing clarification, Non-coding DNA

transposon jumping gene transposable element Adaptive Transposable Element Class I transposable element

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) WordNet 3.0

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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) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A transposable element is a nucleic acid sequence in DNA that can change its position within a genome, sometimes creating or reversing mutations and altering the cell's genetic identity and genome size. Wikipedia

A sequence of DNA that can move about in the genome, including transposons Wikipedia Disambiguation

Semiparasitic DNA sequence Wikidata

Sequence of DNA that can move around to different positions within the genome of a single cell in a process called transposition. OmegaWiki

A segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome. Wiktionary

Segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

deoxyribonucleic acid

HAS KIND

P element

insertion sequence

retrotransposon

Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Elements