See Also:

laystall (iou) and yac (medicine)


laystall (iou)



laystall noun. arch. E16.
[from LAY verb1 + STALL noun1.]
A burial place. E-M16.
A (public) refuse-heap. M16.

yac (medicine)


YAC -->
yeast artificial chromosome
<molecular biology> A vector system that allows extremely large segments of DNA to be cloned.

Useful in chromosome mapping, contiguous yeast artificial chromosomes covering the whole Drosophila genome and certain human chromosomes are available.

Acronym: YAC