transposable elements

基本解释

In particular, they tracked the positions of transposable elements.
尤其是，他们跟踪了转位因子的位置。
Dispersed repetitive sequence is mainly transposable elements which are composed of transposon and retroposon.
散在重复序列主要是可转移因子，可转移因子分为转座子和返座子两种类型。
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The scientists based this ancestral census on a reading of modern human genomes. In particular, they tracked the positions of transposable elements.
科学家们是解读现代人类基因组后得出这个远古数据的，他们还特别追踪了转位因子的位置。

When the going gets tough for agricultural plants, for instance, the number of transposable elements seems to decline.
ECONOMIST: Truly selfish genes
But Dr Nuzhdin reckons that it may hold a clue to the proliferation of different transposable elements in other organisms.
ECONOMIST: Truly selfish genes
Dr Nuzhdin thinks that the main reason why copia does not proliferate like this in wild populations is that natural selection keeps these transposable elements in check.
ECONOMIST: Truly selfish genes