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yeast artificial chromosome (YAC)
A cloning vector in which DNA fragments several hundred kilobase pairs long can be cloned in yeast. A YAC is a linear vector with a yeast telomere at each end, a centromere, a sequence for autonomous replication in yeast, a selectable marker for yeast, and a polylinker.
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- Category: Human evolution
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