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单词 jumping gene
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Definition of jumping gene in English:

jumping gene

noun
informal
  • another term for transposon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Next, they scanned the genomes of these microbes for jumping genes.
    • Another, more speculative hypothesis is that perhaps fungi, which live within the roots of many distantly related plants, served as a conduit for the jumping genes.
    • Eventually he worked out the source of that extra DNA: It was a transposon, also known as a jumping gene.
    • If someone develops some ideal dairy cow and wants to clone it he does not want jumping genes creating variations that cause some of them clones to produce less milk.
    • In 1997, in another study, University of Minnesota researchers took defunct, non-functioning jumping genes from fish and made the genes jump again.
 
 

Definition of jumping gene in US English:

jumping gene

nounˈjəmpiNG ˌjēn
informal
  • another term for transposon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Next, they scanned the genomes of these microbes for jumping genes.
    • In 1997, in another study, University of Minnesota researchers took defunct, non-functioning jumping genes from fish and made the genes jump again.
    • If someone develops some ideal dairy cow and wants to clone it he does not want jumping genes creating variations that cause some of them clones to produce less milk.
    • Another, more speculative hypothesis is that perhaps fungi, which live within the roots of many distantly related plants, served as a conduit for the jumping genes.
    • Eventually he worked out the source of that extra DNA: It was a transposon, also known as a jumping gene.
 
 
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