Tag your best cosmids with #CosmidPics — I’ll feature the weirdest ones next week.
When searching for cosmid pics, you will often find "circular maps" that highlight the Multiple Cloning Site (MCS). The MCS is a short segment of DNA containing several restriction sites, which act as the "entry point" for the foreign DNA you wish to clone. In a laboratory workflow, the circular cosmid is cut at the MCS, the foreign DNA is ligated in, and the resulting long chain of DNA is packaged. cosmid pics