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Synonyms for transposon

Noun

1. transposon, jumping gene, deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA
usage: 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)
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