The mismatch repair system contributes to meiotic sterility in an interspecific yeast hybrid

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1726-1733

  Hunter, Neil ^a   Chambers, Scott R ^a   Louis, Edward J ^a   Borts, Rhona H ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meiosis; Mismatch repair; Non disjunction; Recombination; Speciation

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HYBRIDIZATION; INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; NONDISJUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPORE GERMINATION;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES PARADOXUS;

EID: 0029990370     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00518.x     Document Type: Article

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