jumping gene

1. 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)

   Synonymstransposon

   Broaderdeoxyribonucleic acid

Questions about jumping gene

What does jumping gene mean?

jumping gene means "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)".

What is another word for jumping gene?

Close synonyms include transposon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jumping gene a common word?

jumping gene is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.