adaptive_island [SO_0000775]

An adaptive island is a genomic island that provides an adaptive advantage to the host.

adaptive_island

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An adaptive island is a genomic island that provides an adaptive advantage to the host.

The iron-uptake ability of many pathogens are conveyed by adaptive islands. Nature Reviews Microbiology 2, 414-424 (2004); doi:10.1038 micro 884 GENOMIC ISLANDS IN PATHOGENIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROORGANISMS Ulrich Dobrindt, Bianca Hochhut, Ute Hentschel & Jorg Hacker.

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adaptive island exact synonym