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<span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark_f105da604f7f1c37380bc764b34f000df6688f00_Transposons:0">Transposons</span> are [[Gene|genes]] that can move<span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark_f105da604f7f1c37380bc764b34f000df6688f00_.:1">. </span>They have a specific target site<span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark_f105da604f7f1c37380bc764b34f000df6688f00_.2C:2">,</span>allowing them to move or 'jump' into different [[DNA|DNA]] sites.<ref>Bruce Alberts,Alexander Johnson,Julian Lewis,Martin Raff,Keith Roberts and Peter Walter (2002) Molecular Biology Of The Cell,4th edition,New York: Garland Science.p287</ref>Transposons leave copies of themselves wherever they stop. <ref>Hardin, J. Bertoni, G. Kleinsmith, L (2012). Becker's World of the Cell. 8th ed. San Francisco: Pearson: 527</ref>Half of the human genome consists of these 'jumping genes' | <span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark_f105da604f7f1c37380bc764b34f000df6688f00_Transposons:0">Transposons</span> are [[Gene|genes]] that can move<span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark_f105da604f7f1c37380bc764b34f000df6688f00_.:1">. </span>They have a specific target site<span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark_f105da604f7f1c37380bc764b34f000df6688f00_.2C:2">,</span>allowing them to move or 'jump' into different [[DNA|DNA]] sites.<ref>Bruce Alberts,Alexander Johnson,Julian Lewis,Martin Raff,Keith Roberts and Peter Walter (2002) Molecular Biology Of The Cell,4th edition,New York: Garland Science.p287</ref> Transposons leave copies of themselves wherever they stop. <ref>Hardin, J. Bertoni, G. Kleinsmith, L (2012). Becker's World of the Cell. 8th ed. San Francisco: Pearson: 527</ref>Half of the human genome consists of these 'jumping genes' <ref>Hardin, J. Bertoni, G. Kleinsmith, L (2012). Becker's World of the Cell. 8th ed. San Francisco: Pearson: 527</ref>.<br> | ||
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Transposons are genes that can move. They have a specific target site,allowing them to move or 'jump' into different DNA sites.[1] Transposons leave copies of themselves wherever they stop. [2]Half of the human genome consists of these 'jumping genes' [3].
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- ↑ Bruce Alberts,Alexander Johnson,Julian Lewis,Martin Raff,Keith Roberts and Peter Walter (2002) Molecular Biology Of The Cell,4th edition,New York: Garland Science.p287
- ↑ Hardin, J. Bertoni, G. Kleinsmith, L (2012). Becker's World of the Cell. 8th ed. San Francisco: Pearson: 527
- ↑ Hardin, J. Bertoni, G. Kleinsmith, L (2012). Becker's World of the Cell. 8th ed. San Francisco: Pearson: 527