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What are cosmids ?

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(i) Cosmids are plasmids containing the ''cos' - cohesive , terminus , the sequence having cohesive ends .
(ii) They are hybrid vectors derived from plasmids having a fragment of lambda phage DNA with its Cos site and a bacterial plasmid .
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