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transposome

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Etymology

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From transpose +‎ -ome.

Noun

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transposome (plural transposomes)

  1. (genetics) The set of genetic transpositions (or of the transposases and transposons) in an organism.
    • 2015 July 2, Amanda Warr et al., “Exome Sequencing: Current and Future Perspectives”, in G3: Genes[1], volume 5, →DOI:
      Chilamakuri et al. (2014) found that the Nextera kit had increased coverage of high GC content areas as the result of altered bias in the transposome technology used during fragmentation, decreasing its overall uniformity; however, recent changes to the protocol in the new versions may have improved this.

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