Economic indicator. An economic indicator is a statistic about an economic activity. Economic indicators allow analysis of economic performance and predictions of future performance. One application of economic indicators is the study of business cycles. Economic indicators include various indices, earnings reports, and economic summaries.
Transduction (genetics) Transduction is the process by which foreign DNA is introduced into a cell by a virus or viral vector. An example is the viral transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another. Transduction does not require physical contact between the cell donating the DNA and the cell receiving the DNA (which occurs in conjugation), and it is DNase resistant (transformation is susceptible to DNase).
Transposons (transposable elements or jumping genes (def)) are small pieces of DNA that encode enzymes that transpose the transposon, that is, move it from one DNA location to another, either on the same molecule of DNA or on a different molecule.. Plasmids code for synthesis of a few proteins not coded for by the bacterial chromosome. 4. Transposons (jumping genes) are small pieces of DNA that encode enzymes that enable the transposon to, move from one DNA location to another. 5. Transposons may be found as part of a bacterium's chromosome or in plasmids 6.