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transposable element, transposon [trænsˈpəʊzɒn] N
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- An example of selection occurring below the level of the individual organism are genes called transposons, which can replicate and spread throughout a genome.en.wikipedia.org
- It has been implicated in the transmission of transposons between it and some of its vertebrate hosts, squirrel monkeys and opossums.en.wikipedia.org
- The genome is unusual in having very few transposons.en.wikipedia.org
- In general, initiation of transposon silencing has yet to be fully explained.en.wikipedia.org
- Currently transposons can be used in genetic research and recombinant genetic engineering for insertional mutagenesis.en.wikipedia.org
- Therefore, they are non-autonomous elements with regard to transposition activity (as opposed to transposons).en.wikipedia.org
- Composite transposons will also often carry one or more genes conferring antibiotic resistance.en.wikipedia.org
- The natural ligand is present in cells grown a defined media and transposon-directed knockouts result in disregulation of associated genes.en.wikipedia.org
- Because of that property, transposons have been manipulated for use in insertional mutagenesis.en.wikipedia.org
- This appearance of transposon proved that genome is not statistical, but always changing the structure of itself.en.wikipedia.org
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