Definition for Fosmid

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A fosmid is a type of cosmid (f–factor), which is like a plasmid, but is capable of containing much larger pieces of DNA, up to 50 kb compared to about 10 kb in a plasmid. Like plasmids, fosmids are circular. However, unlike plasmids, E. coli cannot carry multiple copies of a fosmid.

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