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Word: Transposon
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1970s: from transposition+ -on
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
trɑːnsˈpəʊzɒn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a chromosomal segment that can undergo transposition, especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole between chromosomal, phage, and plasmid DNA in the absence of a complementary sequence in the host DNA.
Short Definition:chromosomal segment that can undergo transposition
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