What is the main difference between bacterial and eukaryotic transposons?

a. Eukaryotic transposons sometimes transpose using RNA and bacterial transposons do not.
b. Eukaryotic transposons carry genes and bacterial transposons do not.
c. Bacterial transposons contain inverted repeats and eukaryotic transposons do not.
d. Bacterial transposons sometimes transpose using RNA and eukaryotic transposons do not.


Answer: a. Eukaryotic transposons sometimes transpose using RNA and bacterial transposons do not.

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