Atoll At Biology Glossary

What is it? A region of DNA that is absent on the chromosome of an organism but absent from closely related organisms (i.e., the opposite of a genetic island). The loss of such genetic material may confer a distinctive phenotype. For example, absence of certain genes from E. coli enhances virulence.

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