BACS
Proper noun
Meaning
BACS
Acronym of Bankers' Automated Clearing Services.
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Once a tiling path has been found, the BACs that form this path are sheared at random into smaller fragments and can be sequenced using the shotgun method on a smaller scale.
This chapter describes the sub-genome assembly protocol for an organism based upon a BAC tiling path derived from a genome-scale physical map or from fine mapping using BACs to target sub-genomic regions.
"These last few weeks have been difficult for anybody who was already living on the margins of society - isolated due to mental health issues, housing insecurity, or those experiencing homelessness," BACS CEO Jamie Almanza said in a statement.
The public-sector effort has generated Sanger reads of BACs, fosmids, and plasmids, as well as 454 reads.
There are several methods for deducing this order and selecting the BACs that make up a tiling path.
In light of current COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, shelter-at-home orders, BACS has closed its shelter to the public but is still providing essential services.