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DNA transposons are a group of transposable elements (TEs) that can move in the DNA of an organism via a single- or double-stranded DNA intermediate.

Classification
There are several subfamilies of DNA transpospons:

which group?
 * Sleeping Beauty
 * superfamily Tc1-mariner
 * P element
 * MuDR/Foldback
 * "CACTA"
 * "Banshee"
 * "Helitron"
 * superfamily piggyBac
 * superfamily hAT (name is derived from hobo transposon of Drosophila melanogaster)
 * Buster
 * Buster
 * SPIN
 * "TcBuster" (named after the red flour beetle "Tribolium castaneum" )
 * Ac
 * Activator
 * Tam3
 * hobo
 * Hermes
 * Tol2

MER elements were first described here:

Mariner transposons were first described in humans here: