Clasen, Frederick Johannes; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Slippers, Bernard; Reva, Oleg N.
(BioMed Central, 2018-05-03)
BACKGROUND : Genomic islands (GIs) are inserts of foreign DNA that have potentially arisen through horizontal gene
transfer (HGT). There are evidences that GIs can contribute significantly to the evolution of prokaryotes. ...