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Yeast artificial chromosome (YAC)
Yeast artificial chromosome (YAC): A vector created and used in the laboratory to clone pieces of DNA. A YAC is constructed from the telomeric (end), centromeric, and replication origin sequences needed for replication in yeast cells.