Question : Bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs), cosmids, phages, plasmids and yeast artifical chromosomes (YACs) are all commonly used cloning vectors that differ in their cloning capacities, with a range from approximately 100 bp to 1000 kb. Which of the following is the correct order for these vectors in terms of increasing cloning capacity ?

Question : Bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs), cosmids, phages, p

1.	Question : Bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs), cosmids, phages, plasmids and yeast artifical chromosomes (YACs) are all commonly used cloning vectors that differ in their cloning capacities, with a range from approximately 100 bp to 1000 kb. Which of the following is the correct order for these vectors in terms of increasing cloning capacity ?
Answer» BAC,cosmid,phage,plasmid,YAC YAC,BAC,cosmid,phage,plasmid Plasmid,phage,cosmid,BAC,YAC Plasmid,cosmid,phage,BAC,YAC Solution :Plasmid-generally UPTO 15 Kb long DNA fragment Phage-up 23 Kb long DNA FRAGMENTS Cosmid-uptp 45 Kb long DNA fragments BAC-upto 300-350 Kb long DNA fragments YAC-upto 1 MB long DNA fragments