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retrotransposon, n. Genetics.|ˌrɛtrəʊtrænsˈpəʊzɒn, -trɑːns-|
[f. retrovirus n. + transposon n.]
= *retroposon n.
1985J. D. Boeke et al. in Cell XL. 496/1 Our data suggest that reverse transcription of Ty, like that of retroviruses, regenerates the 3′U5 from the 5′ end of the message and the 5′U3 from the 3′ end. We therefore propose the term retrotransposon for Ty and related elements. 1986Heredity LVII. 279/1 The overall structure of this integrated DNA parallels that of the ‘retrotransposon’ class of eukaryotic transposable elements such as the Ty elements of yeast and the copia family of Drosophila. 1987Nature 6 Aug. 557/2 Retrotransposons have been described in wheat and maize. |