| Qualifier | mobile_element_type |
| Definition | type and name or identifier of the mobile element which is described by the parent feature |
| Value Format | "<mobile_element_type>[:<mobile_element_name>]" where mobile_element_type is one of the following: "transposon", "retrotransposon", "integron", "insertion sequence", "non-LTR retrotransposon", "SINE", "MITE", "LINE", "other". |
| Example | /mobile_element_type="transposon:Tnp9" |
| Comment | /mobile_element_type is legal on mobile_element feature key only. Mobile element should be used to represent both elements which are currently mobile, and those which were mobile in the past. Value "other" requires a mobile_element_name. |