Synthetic chromosome

Scientists at the Boeke Lab have customized an organism's DNA in first ever creation of an artificial 'eukaryotic' chromosome.
Purple: chromosome
Yellow: deleted chromosome regions
White: added tags
Multicolored pins: edits to the DNA 'code.'
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/27/designer-chromosome-brewers-yeast-eukaryotic-saccharomyces-cerevisiae

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