Multiple Choice
Dissociation elements (Ds) in plants are examples of
A) activator transposons that can direct their own transposition.
B) nonautonomous elements that require activation by an autonomous element.
C) mutator genes that increase the spontaneous mutation frequencies of other genes.
D) repeated sequences that are targeted by a transposase.
E) Both B and C
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