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jumping gene
jumping gene
noun
- a fragment of nucleic acid, such as a plasmid or a transposon, that can become incorporated into the DNA of a cell
jumping gene
/ jŭm′pĭng /
- See transposon
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Further research on these floral oddities could teach us a lot about everything from plastids to jumping genes, but the scarcity of the plants makes probing these questions much harder.
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