Genetic load of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under diverse environmental conditions

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1966-1971

  Korona, Ryszard ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Genetic load; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Spontaneous mutations

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; GENETICS; GROWTH RATE; MUTATION; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033403509     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb04577.x     Document Type: Article

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