5 Questions
Which type of transposition involves the element being cut out of one site and pasted into a new site?
Conservative transposition
What type of transposons move within and between the bacterial chromosome and various types of plasmids?
Prokaryotic Transposons
In which type of transposition does the element make an RNA copy of itself which is then reversed-transcribed into a DNA copy and inserted into the genome?
Retrotransposition
Which enzyme recognizes short inverted repeat sequences to excise the loop from the region of the genome and insert it into another region?
Transposase
Which type of elements transpose via RNA intermediates and are found in all eukaryotes?
Retroelements
Test your knowledge of transposable elements with this quiz. Explore the different types of transposition and learn about the structural and functional diversity of transposons found in various organisms.
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