Horizontal transfer of genetic material among Saccharomyces yeasts

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 6488-6496

  Marinoni, Gaelle ^a   Manuel, Martine ^a   Petersen, Randi Føns ^a   Hvidtfeldt, Jeanne ^a   Sulo, Pavol ^b   Piškur, Jure ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA TRANSFER; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC STABILITY; HYBRID; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032720092     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.20.6488-6496.1999     Document Type: Article

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