Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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desoxyribonucleic acid | Yes | No | No | No |
jumping gene | Yes | No | No | No |
desoxyribonucleic acid (noun) | jumping gene (noun) |
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(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information | a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole) |