The phrase "adaptation of host" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing biological or ecological changes in response to environmental factors or interactions with other organisms.
Example: "The adaptation of host species to changing climates is crucial for their survival and the overall health of the ecosystem."
Alternatives: "host adaptation" or "host modification".
Suppression of IFN-λ response by increased level of SOCS1 activates the NF-κB signaling, which is an adaptation of host to protect cell against the viral induced SOCS1 (Wei et al., 2014).
More recently, nucleotide diversity has been investigated through PCR-sequencing of candidate genes under adaptation of host defense response [ 11].
Is adaptation of host gene expression to the microbial status necessary for the homeostatic maintenance of commensal communities?
By increasing animal density, pathogen transmission and load may also have been increased providing the selective drive for rapid adaptation of host and pathogen genes.
In addition, previous studies have shown that P. fluorescens and Φ2 undergo persistent antagonistic coevolution (reciprocal adaptation of host defence and parasite counter-defence) [ 30- 32], whereas no such coevolution has been observed between PP7 and P. aeruginosa [ 33]; here phage persist on a subpopulation of susceptible hosts that is maintained because of the cost of resistance [ 34].
This Epidemiological Triad is a useful concept to better understand adaptation of host-pathogen interaction to the high latitude environment.
Many insect species harbor bacterial symbionts, which enable adaptation of hosts to different environmental niches and affect diversification of insect lineages (Moran et al. 2008; Ferrari and Vavre 2011).
Firstly, metapopulation structure, in which a species exists as a set of local host and parasite demes, generates demographic processes such as random genetic drift, limited dispersal between demes and extinction-recolonisation events, driving local adaptation of hosts or parasites [ 29].
The latter case involves the study of complex adaptations of host and microbial communities in unison, as highlighted by recent studies on the human microbiome.
While virus protein trees are generally well congruent with the host species at the phylum level, discrepancies appear in the detailed structure of the branch within phyla, possibly reflecting specific adaptations of host-pathogen interactions.
That study also concluded that endophytic colonisation might reflect the degree of adaptation of the host to local biotic and abiotic factors.
