Chapter 17, Problem 10RQ

Summary Introduction

To review:

Definition of the following terminologies:

1. Satellite DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

2. Transposition

3. Transposon

4. Retrotransposon

5. Endogenous retrovirus

Introduction:

The genome in most of the eukaryotes is composed of repetitive DNA. This repetitive DNA forms the major proportion of the genome and can be categorized into interspreadgenome-wide repeats and tandem repeats such as satellite DNA. One of the prominentfactors toward the generation of genome-wide repeats includes transposition, mediated by transposons. The transposons can include retrotransposons, which can be further categorized into endogenous retrotransposons.