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Question

Conservative transpositionــــــــــــــــــــــــــ .
A)generates a copy of the transposon
B)generates double-stranded breaks in the DNA
C)occurs only for RNA transposons
D)has no detrimental effects on the host genome.

Accepted Answer

Conservative transposition involves the transposon being excised from one location in the DNA and inserted into a new location, which can generate double-stranded breaks in the DNA. This process can potentially be harmful to the host genome.