Complex synthetic life moves closer with designer yeast genome

Friday, March 10, 2017 - 05:11 in Biology & Nature

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have taken a big step toward designing complex forms of life from scratch by constructing five new artificial chromosomes of baker's yeast, representing a third of the micro-organism's genome, or genetic blueprint.

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