The distance-dependence of the fission yeast ade6-M26 marker effect in two-factor crosses

Current Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 530-536

  Zahn Zabal, Monique ^a   Kohli, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conversion; M26 hotspot; Recombination; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; FUNGI;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ALLELES; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA REPAIR; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC MARKERS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 0030011118     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02426957     Document Type: Article

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