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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">.&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;Transposons leave copies of themselves wherever they stop.&nbsp;<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'&nbsp;<ref>Hardin, J. Bertoni, G. Kleinsmith, L (2012). Becker's World of the Cell. 8th ed. San Francisco: Pearson: 527</ref>.<br>  
<span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark_f105da604f7f1c37380bc764b34f000df6688f00_Transposons:0">Transposons</span> are [[Gene|genes]] that can move<span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark_f105da604f7f1c37380bc764b34f000df6688f00_.:1">.&nbsp;</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>.&nbsp;Transposons leave copies of themselves wherever they stop&nbsp;<ref>Hardin, J. Bertoni, G. Kleinsmith, L (2012). Becker's World of the Cell. 8th ed. San Francisco: Pearson: 527</ref>.&nbsp;Half of the human genome consists of these 'jumping genes'&nbsp;<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].

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ Hardin, J. Bertoni, G. Kleinsmith, L (2012). Becker's World of the Cell. 8th ed. San Francisco: Pearson: 527
  3. ↑ Hardin, J. Bertoni, G. Kleinsmith, L (2012). Becker's World of the Cell. 8th ed. San Francisco: Pearson: 527


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