IS ELEMENTS
\ɪz ˈɛlɪmənts], \ɪz ˈɛlɪmənts], \ɪ_z ˈɛ_l_ɪ_m_ə_n_t_s]\
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Discrete segments of DNA which can excise and reintegrate to another site in the genome. Most are inactive, i.e., have not been found to exist outside the integrated state. DNA transposable elements include bacterial IS (insertion sequence) elements, Tn elements, the maize controlling elements Ac and Ds, Drosophila P, gypsy, and pogo elements, the human Tigger elements and the Tc and mariner elements which are found throughout the animal kingdom.
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