Retroposon

Synonyms for "retroposon"

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  • retróstökkull noun (fragment of DNA)
  • víxlstökkull noun (fragment of DNA)

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The best-known retroposons are “copia” and the families similar to copia, which were discovered in Drosophila but are also found in many other animals and even in yeast and higher plants, and the similarly ubiquitous foldback (FB) element, "THE1" in humans and "VL30" in rats and mice.

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