Retrotransposon

**Semantic type:** Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide

**Definition:** Retrotransposons are transposable DNA elements (transposons) that employ retroviral-like reverse transcription during the process of transposition: retrotransposon DNA is first transcribed into an RNA template, then reverse transcribed into DNA, and then inserted into a new genomic site.

**Synonyms:** - Transposon