DNA transposon

DNA transposons are a group of transposable elements (TEs) that can move in the DNA of an organism via a single- or double-stranded DNA intermediate.^[1]

References

↑ Feschotte, Cédric; Pritham, Ellen J. (December 2007). "DNA Transposons and the Evolution of Eukaryotic Genomes". Annual Review of Genetics 41 (1): 331–368. doi:10.1146/annurev.genet.40.110405.090448.

Genetics: repeated sequence

Repeatome

Tandem repeats

Satellite DNA
Variable number tandem repeat/Minisatellite
Short tandem repeat/Microsatellite (Trinucleotide repeat disorders)

Interspersed repeats

Transposon

Retrotransposon

SINEs	Alu sequence MIR

LINEs	LINE1 LINE2

LTRs	HERV MER4 retroposon

DNA transposon

MER1
MER2, Mariners

Genomic island

Genomic island

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