What Concept Does NOT Generally Apply to Bacterial Transposons

question 7

Multiple Choice

What concept does NOT generally apply to bacterial transposons?

• A) Transposons are sometimes referred to as "jumping genes."
• B) Transposons contain segments of repeating DNA at either end.
• C) Insertion of a transposon followed by excision results in damage to the sequence at the insertion site.
• D) "Transposases" are the enzymes involved in transposition.
• E) Transposition is a homologous-recombination process.

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