retrotransposon

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What does retrotransposon mean?

A transposable fragment of a genome that can undergo retrotransposition.

Where does retrotransposon come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- English transpose English -on English transposon English retrotransposon From retro- + transposon.

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