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![[-- yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) --]](Images/Terms/YAC.gif)
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Extremely large segments of DNA from another species spliced into DNA of yeast. YACs are used to clone up to one million bases of foreign DNA into a host cell, where the DNA is propagated along with the yeast cell's other chromosomes.
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Listen to a detailed explanation.
Dr. Eric Green, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Genome Technology Branch, defines yeast artificial chromosome (YAC). |
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base pair, chromosome, cloning, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), Human Genome Project | |
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