May 25, 2015 · The word cosmid is derived from cos sites of lambda phages. Why are cos sites called cos sites? What does this "cos" refer to?

May 2, 2014 · If the distance between the two cos sites is too far (~52 kb), then the capsid will be filled before the second cos is reached. The tail cannot be added because the DNA hanging …

Aug 20, 2017 · Answers that don't include explanations and sources may be removed especially when they are a poor duplicate of an already existing answer. Please take the tour and then …

I have found a publication which proposes some definitions, including a definition for strict and relaxed replication. The definitions are: Relaxed control of plasmid replication. Relaxed control ...

Jan 3, 2015 · Now since double crossing-overs (and actually any arbitrary even number of crossing-overs) revert gene combination to the parental type, resulting lower recombinant …

In genetics, a promoter is a region of DNA that initiates transcription of a particular gene. Promoters are located near the transcription start sites of genes And the definition of the …

The basic point your friend is missing is that offspring appearance is not simply a mixture of their parents'. Each child also has individual characteristics which were not present in the parents. …

Apr 24, 2014 · From what I can understand, TOPflash is a luciferase reporter plasmid that contains two sets of 3 copies of the wild-type TCF binding regions. If the canonical Wnt …

Aug 7, 2023 · Crossovers (CO) play a huge and important role for generating gametes and is the basis of genetic diversity. COs are generated by double-strand breaks (DSBs). Most DSBs are …

Sep 7, 2016 · Look at all the various explanations for the origin of the name of the amber stop codons. It happened so long ago that the people who selected it don't even remember the …