What is retrotransposon?

[BANANA & PLANTAIN]

Hello Netters,
Can anybody described in brief retrotransposon?
Also, is it possible to use retrotrasnposon mediated fingerprinting to 
assess the magnitude of somaclonal variation?

Thanks.

-Naresh


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