Compare precise and imprecise excision of transposons
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Either of these may occur when homologous recombination between a pair of repeated transposons takes place. Precise excision occurs when this recombination removes both a transposon and one copy of the duplicated target sequence from the original target site, resulting in a true reversion mutation. Imprecise excision, which is much more common, occurs when recombination leaves a portion of the transposon in the target site.
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