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jumping gene
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jumping gene
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) a fragment of nucleic acid, such as a plasmid or a transposon, that can become incorporated into the DNA of a cell
jumping gene  (jmpng)
See transposon.
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Noun1.jumping gene - a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole)
transposon
deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information; "DNA is the king of molecules"


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