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Researchers have successfully built an artificial chromosome for a yeast cell, the first time a synthetic chromosome has been introduced into a eukaryotic organism.
By rebuilding yeast chromosome III (which has 316,617 base pairs), a team of researchers has managed to create the very first synthetic eukaryotic chromosome.
Their findings appear in a paper titled "Total Synthesis of a Functional Designer Eukaryotic Chromosome," published in Science on March 27.
Artificial yeast chromosome brings science one step closer synthetic life (+video) - CSMonitor.com
