Sleeping Beauty

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A fairy tale originally titled La Belle au bois dormant by Charles Perrault.
• The main character in this story, who is in unbroken slumber under a magical spell, awaiting the kiss of a prince.
• A transposon used in genetic engineering

Origin

• In the genetics sense, so called because the transposon was brought back to activity from a long evolutionary sleep.