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retroposons

retroposons is the plural of retroposon.

Meaning of retroposon

Noun

retroposon (plural retroposons)

  1. A fragment of DNA inserted into a chromosome following reverse transcription from RNA.
    • The best-known retroposons are “copia” and the families similar to copia, which were discovered in Drosophila but are also found in many other animals and even in yeast and higher plants, and the similarly ubiquitous foldback (FB) element, "THE1" in humans and "VL30" in rats and mice.1994, Klaus Urich, Comparative Animal Biochemistry, page 21

Questions about retroposons

What is retroposons the plural of?
Retroposons is the plural of retroposon.

Words near retroposons in the dictionary

  1. retropositionally
  2. retropositioned
  3. retropositioning
  4. retropositions
  5. retroposon
  6. retroposons
  7. retropresbyteral
  8. retroprocessing
  9. retroprojection
  10. retropropulsion
  11. retropropulsions

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