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Can someone please simplify this? - Antibiotic Resistance

Hey Guys;

I am doing a piece of coursework (Drugs and Disease module, 2nd year Biomedical Science) and am having trouble getting my head around a paragraph...
I may be overthinking it but, can someone please simplify this...

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Thanks. =)
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Transposons: genes that are able to change its position in the genome. It can jump from a plasmid to the bacterial chromosome, or vice versa. (Plasmid can be exchanged between bacteria so if one bacteria evolved resistance, it can transfer the plasmid to another bacteria.)

Gene cassette: genes that are able to wrap itself into a circular form, and is also able to transfer from one bacteria to another.

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