human artificial chromosome


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human artificial chromosome

n.
A large DNA sequence constructed in the laboratory to function like a human chromosome.
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The use of human artificial chromosomes overcomes both of these problems by providing a new chromosome in addition to the ones that already exist in the cells of the subject.
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Ignorance of the structure, and even the size, of human centromeres has been the fundamental reason that scientists hadn't been able to create human artificial chromosomes.
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