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Noun: jumping gene
  1. A segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole)
    - transposon

Derived forms: jumping genes

Type of: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA

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