Scientists build first synthetic yeast chromosome

Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 13:20 in Biology & Nature

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An international team of scientists has built a modified yeast chromosome from scratch, the latest step in the quest to make the world's first synthetic yeast genome, an advance that would lead to new strains of the organism to help produce industrial chemicals, medicines and biofuels.

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