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transposon

noun

Etymology

From transpose + -on.

  1. derived from trānspositus
  2. derived from transposer
  3. inherited from transposen
  4. suffixed as transposon — “transpose + on”

Definitions

  1. A segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to the genome…

    A segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to the genome of another species.

    • An alternative approach to the use of retroviruses was to use a DNA transposon to integrate DNA into zebrafish chromosomes.
    • Our genome also contains stretches of genetic material called transposons that, at least in some cases, are thought to have been introduced long ago by viruses.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for transposon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA