[ trans'pəʊzɒn , trα:ns- , -nz- ]
■ noun Genetics a segment of DNA that can be translocated as a whole from a site in one genome to another site in the same genome or to a different genome.
Origin
1970s: from transposition + -on .
[ trans'pəʊzɒn , trα:ns- , -nz- ]
■ noun Genetics a segment of DNA that can be translocated as a whole from a site in one genome to another site in the same genome or to a different genome.
Origin
1970s: from transposition + -on .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004