Yeast artificial chromosome (YAC)

Eric Welin
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Yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) is a human-engineered DNA molecule used to clone DNA sequences in yeast cells. YACs are often used in connection with the mapping and sequencing of genomes. Segments of an organism’s DNA, up to one million base pairs in length, can be inserted into YACs.

Synonyms:
Yeast artificial chromosome, YAC
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