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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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);
[syn: transposon, jumping gene]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

transposon
    n 1: 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) [syn:
         transposon, jumping gene]