A yeast artificial chromosome (YAC)is a ____ that can accommodate large DNA inserts and uses the eukaryote yeast as a host cell.
A) restriction enzyme produced from yeast chromosomes
B) labeled nucleic acid used to identify a clone within a genome and
C) q arm of chromosome 15 within a cell that encodes for a restriction enzyme and
D) cloning vector that has telomeres and a centromere
E) cloning vector that has 23 chromosomes

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A yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) is a cloning vector that has telomeres and a centromere, which allows it to accommodate large DNA inserts and use the eukaryote yeast as a host cell. The other choices do not accurately describe YACs.

A Yeast Artificial Chromosome (YAC)is a ____ That Can Accommodate