Transposons

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Transposons
First discovered in plants
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Transposons
Transposition to a new site (Fig 11-17)
Transposons can be autonomous or nonautonomous
Three classes of transposons Class I
Retrotransposons Class II Transposons Class
III Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable
Elements
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Transposons
Transposase
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Transposons
Cut and paste mechanism of transposition
(nonreplicative)
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Transposons
Mechanism of replicative transposition
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Transposons
Mechanism of replicative transposition
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Transposons
Mechanism of retrotransposon integration