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What is a transposable genetic element?
What is a transposable genetic element?
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The sequences of DNA that can move or transpose themselves to new positions within the genome of a single cell are known as transposable genetic elements.
These are mobile genetic elements also known as ‘Jumping Genes’ or ‘Transposons’.
These genes do not have a fix location in the genome.
e.g. Alu sequences in the human genome.
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