Which would you expect to increase in copy number in a genome more quickly, a DNA transposon or a retrotransposon? Provide a reason for your answer.
Retrotransposons copy number will increase more rapidly.
Reason- retrotransposons moves by copy and paste mechanism. It means primary retrotransposons will produce and mRNA that will get converted into DNA (copy) then it integrates into genome (paste). This increases the number of retrotransposons.
Transposons move by cut and paste mechanism. It means whatever the number of transposons are present they will remain constant but they can move through out the genome.
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