Which is a characteristic of retrotransposons, but not of DNA transposons?

A) include a gene that encodes reverse transcriptase
B) may be present in a genome from one to millions of times
C) found only in humans
D) may not have a function in their host
E) have short DNA sequences that are inverted repeats of each other on the ends


A) include a gene that encodes reverse transcriptase

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