Life: The Science of Biology
Life: The Science of Biology
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Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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The movement of transposons within the genome.

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Transposons or transposable elements are mobile genetic elements, which are present in genomes of prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Transposons can de-attach themselves from one part of the genome and get inserted to other part within the genome.

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