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Synthetic Yeast Genome ProjectQuanta Magazine
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The ability to write a genome from scratch would unlock greater creativity in designing a desired genome.
Yizhi "Patrick" Cai is the coordinator of the Synthetic Yeast Genome Project , a global consortium aimed at redesigning the genome for brewer’s yeast ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae) The project unveiled its latest advance: a synthetic yeast cell with 50% reengineered DNA.
The pursuit of the first synthetic genome is to really understand what the first principles of genome organization are.
You can engineer the plant genome to be more resilient against climate change; you can engineer it to have better yields.
Genome reshuffling technology allows us to practically evolve strains to give us the power to give yeast a particular characteristic.
Synthetic yeast genome is 20% smaller than wild-type genome.
Synthetic Yeast Genome Project is 50% complete, but scientists worry about "synthetic lethality" Synthetic DNA sequences are chemically resynthesized, not coming from their natural inheritances.
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