"retroposon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: retroposons [plural]
Etymology: retropose + -on? Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|retropose|on}} retropose + -on Head templates: {{en-noun}} retroposon (plural retroposons)
  1. (genetics) A fragment of DNA inserted into a chromosome following reverse transcription from RNA. Wikipedia link: retroposon Categories (topical): Genetics Translations (fragment of DNA): víxlstökkull [masculine] (Icelandic), retróstökkull [masculine] (Icelandic)

Inflected forms

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