Associations to the word «Transposon»

Wiktionary

TRANSPOSON, noun. (genetics) a segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome

Dictionary definition

TRANSPOSON, noun. 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).

Wise words

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle