Transposon
Meaning of Transposon
noun
a chromosomal segment that can undergo transposition, especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole between chromosomal, phage, and plasmid DNA in the absence of a complementary sequence in the host DNA.
1970s: from transposition + -on.
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Hyphenation of Transposon
Trans-po-son
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- Transposon is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Words that rhyme with Transposon
boson, pocoson, choson, psychoson, auxiloson, normoson, tecadenoson, transposon, Poquoson
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