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Transposons First discovered in plants

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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Transposons

Transposons

First discovered in plants

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Transposition to a new site

Transposons

*Three classes of transposons

Class I : Retrotransposons

Class II: Transposons

Class III: Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Elements

*Transposons can be autonomous or nonautonomous

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Transposons

Transposase

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Cut and paste mechanism of transposition (nonreplicative)

Transposons

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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

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Transposons

Littering the human genome

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Transposons

Böhne, et al. 2008