Complex synthetic life nearer with new lab-made yeast chromosomes
The five new chromosomes show accelerating progress in field of synthetic biology
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SCIENTISTS have taken a big step towards 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.
The international team used computers to create laboratory-made versions of the thread-like structures that carry genetic code inside cells.
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