Transposon Tagging (Molecular Biology) Transposons are mobile genetic elements that move (transpose) from one region of the genome to another. Transposons are used as tools for gene cloning because insertion of a transposon into a gene disrupts its function, often producing a visible mutant phenotype.
Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly was fired from NBC before even starting on air there. RATING. ORIGIN. In early March 2017, a round of hoax stories had many readers wondering whether Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News host, had left the cable news channel for NBC News only to be quickly fired before even making it to the air.
Kelly's False Rumor of an Affair with Brit Hume. Prior to her hiring at Fox News in 2004, Megyn Kelly sent a tape of her reporting to Kim Hume, wife of veteran journalist and Fox News anchor Brit Hume, for review. The 70-year-old Brit Hume then reportedly played a key role in her hiring, which led to rumors that the two were intimately involved.