Before the era of high-throughput sequencing, cosmids were screened using radioactive probes. These "cosmid pics" are hauntingly beautiful—black X-ray films with arrays of dots.
A cosmid is essentially a plasmid that has been "upgraded" with a specific sequence from the ) bacteriophage . Its name is a portmanteau of (cohesive end sites) and Plasmid Components:
Before the era of high-throughput sequencing, cosmids were screened using radioactive probes. These "cosmid pics" are hauntingly beautiful—black X-ray films with arrays of dots.
A cosmid is essentially a plasmid that has been "upgraded" with a specific sequence from the ) bacteriophage . Its name is a portmanteau of (cohesive end sites) and Plasmid Components:
