The Single-Celled Yeast, Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Was Used to Construct the First

question 22

Multiple Choice

The single-celled yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, was used to construct the first eukaryotic artificial chromosome.This was a significant achievement because

• A)yeast centromeres are identical to human centromeres.
• B)it defined chromosomal regions that serve as centromeres and origins of replication in yeast.
• C)it revealed the rate of DNA replication in yeast.
• D)it demonstrated that some yeast genes are not essential.
• E)it defined the chromosomal region with the TRP⁺ gene for tryptophan synthesis in yeast.

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