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Which type of transposon moves from one genomic location to another by a simple cut-and-paste mechanism?
Which type of transposon moves from one genomic location to another by a simple cut-and-paste mechanism?
- DNA transposons (correct)
- Both RNA and DNA transposons
- Neither RNA nor DNA transposons
- RNA transposons
What is the process of RNA transposons copying themselves first into RNA by using host RNA polymerase called?
What is the process of RNA transposons copying themselves first into RNA by using host RNA polymerase called?
- Translation
- Transcription (correct)
- Transposition
- Reverse transcription
What is the name of the enzyme that RNA transposons use to reverse transcribe RNA into single stranded cDNA?
What is the name of the enzyme that RNA transposons use to reverse transcribe RNA into single stranded cDNA?
- RNA polymerase
- Integrase
- DNA polymerase
- Reverse transcriptase (correct)
What is the name of the enzyme that RNA transposons use to insert double stranded DNA into another genomic location?
What is the name of the enzyme that RNA transposons use to insert double stranded DNA into another genomic location?
What happens when transposition occurs in the promoter region of a gene?
What happens when transposition occurs in the promoter region of a gene?
What happens when transposition occurs in the coding region of a gene?
What happens when transposition occurs in the coding region of a gene?
What happens when transposition occurs in the intron/exon boundaries of a gene?
What happens when transposition occurs in the intron/exon boundaries of a gene?
What happens when transposition occurs in introns of a gene?
What happens when transposition occurs in introns of a gene?
What type of retrotransposons do Alu sequences belong to?
What type of retrotransposons do Alu sequences belong to?
What percentage of the genome contains non-gene related sequences?
What percentage of the genome contains non-gene related sequences?
What percentage of the genome contains gene-related sequences?
What percentage of the genome contains gene-related sequences?
What have Alu transpositions been associated with?
What have Alu transpositions been associated with?
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