Saccharomyces cerevisiae (IMAGE)

Macquarie University

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Caption

Baker's yeast: The single-celled fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pictured, became the first eukaryotic organism to have its entire genome chemically synthesised and redesigned from scratch by the international Sc2.0 consortium. Source: ARC Centre of Excellence for Synthetic Biology

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ARC Centre of Excellence for Synthetic Biology

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