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.

词汇	jumping gene
释义	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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