TRANSPOSON


Meaning of TRANSPOSON in English

/trans poh"zon/ , Genetics.

a segment of DNA that is capable of inserting copies of itself into other DNA sites within the same cell.

[ 1974; TRANSPOS(ITION) + -ON 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .