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transposon
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transposon [¦tranz′pō‚zän]
(genetics)
A genetic element which comprises large discrete segments of deoxyribonucleic acid and is capable of moving from one chromosomal site to another in the same organism or in a different organism.
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Transposable elements often lose their functionality soon after insertion but nevertheless are disturbingly common.
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Transposable elements, in particular, are known to have a substantial contribution to genome size, especially in grasses (Bennetzen, 2002).
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Mark Batzer of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge wanted to find out how much these jumping genes--known to scientists as transposable elements --have affected the human genome.
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