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Plasmid
Circular DNA molecules, distinct from the normal bacterial chromosome, that replicate independently. Many artificially constructed plasmids are used as cloning vectors.


Read more about this term in the Online Textbook:
Genomics: Sequencing a Genome

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BAC
Cloning vector

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