Biologists hypothesize that transposons eventually lose the ability to replicate and therefore remain embedded in DNA without moving around. Suggest a possible reason for this loss.

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Biologists hypothesize that transposons eventually lose the ability to replicate and therefore remain embedded in DNA without moving around. Suggest a possible reason for this loss.

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