| NOUN | substance | jumping gene, transposon | 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) |
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| Meaning | 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). | |
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| Synonym | transposon | |
| Broader | deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA | (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix |
| Spanish | elemento genético transponible, transposón, trasposón | |
| Catalan | transposó | |
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