jumping gene
1jumping gene — n TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT esp TRANSPOSON …
2jumping gene — n. nontechnical term for TRANSPOSON …
3jumping gene — jump′ing gene′ n. gen inf transposon …
4jumping gene — Populist term for transposon …
5jumping gene — Informal. transposon. * * * …
6jumping gene — noun informal term for transposon …
7jumping gene — See: transposable element …
8jumping gene — noun 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) • Syn: ↑transposon • Hypernyms: ↑deoxyribonucleic acid, ↑desoxyribonucleic… …
9Gene-centered view of evolution — The gene centered view of evolution, gene selection theory or selfish gene theory holds that natural selection acts through differential survival of competing genes, increasing the frequency of those alleles whose phenotypic effects successfully… …
10Gene — The basic biological unit of heredity. A segment of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) needed to contribute to a function. An official definition: According to the official Guidelines for Human Gene Nomenclature, a gene is defined as a DNA segment that… …
