Mobile genetic element

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA kind of genetic material, found in all organisms, that can move around within a genome, or be transferred from one species or replicon to another.

Synonyms

mobilome mobiliome supergenome gene exogenote vector marker horizontal gene transfer metagenome electromobility genetic material mitochondrial dna

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