Etymology

retrotransposition

Today it means: The reverse transposition of an RNA intermediate. Full definition →

English transposition ← Latin retrō ← Proto-Italic *wre-
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  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Latinretrō
  4. Englishretro-
  5. Englishtransposition
  6. English todayretrotransposition

From retro- + transposition.

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