retroposon

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

retroposons plural

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Etymology tree
English retropose
English -on
English retroposon
From retropose + -on.
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