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Transposons

Transposons. First discovered in plants. Transposons. Transposition to a new site. *Transposons can be autonomous or nonautonomous. *Three classes of transposons Class I : Retrotransposons Class II: Transposons Class III: Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Elements. Transposons.

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Transposons

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  1. Transposons First discovered in plants

  2. Transposons Transposition to a new site *Transposons can be autonomous or nonautonomous *Three classes of transposons Class I : Retrotransposons Class II: Transposons Class III: Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Elements

  3. Transposons Transposase

  4. Transposons Cut and paste mechanism of transposition (nonreplicative)

  5. Transposons Mechanism of replicative transposition

  6. Transposons Mechanism of replicative transposition

  7. Transposons Mechanism of retrotransposon integration

  8. Transposons Littering the human genome

  9. Transposons Böhne, et al. 2008

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