retrotransposition

A type of transposition in which a transposable element (transposon) copies and pastes itself into a different genomic location by transcription and convertsion of the transcribed RNA back into DNA through reverse transcription.

• Code: GO:0032197
• Source: Gene Ontology
• Alternative labels: Ty3 element transposition transposition, RNA-mediated retrotransposon transposition Ty element transposition Class I transposition Ty1 element transposition Tf transposition Ty2 element transposition RNA-mediated transposition transposition via RNA intermediate