Scientists move closer to building synthetic yeast from scratch
Five more chromosomes assembled, 10 to go
![Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/030917_lh_synthetic-yeast_main_free.jpg?fit=840%2C460&ssl=1)
BUDDING STAR With five more synthetic chromosomes built, scientists are closer to creating a synthetic genome for Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast (shown).
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