Yeast Genome - R64-1-1.fasta.gz
File Name:
r64-1-1.fasta.gz
File Type:
FASTA (Gzipped)
Size:
~30 MB
Last Modified:
2023-10-27 10:30:00 UTC
MD5 Checksum:
a1b2c3d4e5f678901234567890abcdef
This file contains the reference genome sequence for the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, strain S288C, version R64-1-1.
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome is one of the most well-studied eukaryotic genomes, serving as a model organism for various biological processes. The R64-1-1 assembly represents a comprehensive and curated version of the yeast genome, essential for comparative genomics, transcriptomics, and functional studies.
This FASTA file provides the DNA sequences of all chromosomes and plasmids, formatted for easy parsing by bioinformatics tools. The .gz extension indicates that the file has been compressed using gzip, reducing download time and storage space.
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