Question 56

(Multiple Choice)

The figure shown below diagrams a variety of genomic islands. What characteristics do these islands in the diagram share? The figure shown below diagrams a variety of genomic islands. What characteristics do these islands in the diagram share?   A) They code for pathogenicity. B) They are coded on transposons. C) They have a GC content similar to the rest of the genome. D) They encode type II secretion systems. E) They have direct repeats and mostly insert near a tRNA gene.


A) They code for pathogenicity.
B) They are coded on transposons.
C) They have a GC content similar to the rest of the genome.
D) They encode type II secretion systems.
E) They have direct repeats and mostly insert near a tRNA gene.

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