Transposon
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
- ↑ 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