Pieces of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that move from one genetic element to another and contain genes for movement and genes for other features are called:

a. transposons.
b. insertion sequences.
c. plasmids.
d. chromatoids.


A
Insertion sequences only code for movement.

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