Suppose a Scientist Wants to Identify a Gene in a Particular

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Essay

Suppose a scientist wants to identify a gene in a particular plant species by transposon tagging, but he is initially stumped because he finds no active transposons. He hypothesizes, however, that he can introduce a transposon from another plant species. Why might this be possible?

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