Experimental studies of ploidy evolution in yeast

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-192

  Zeyl, Clifford ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diploid; Evolution; Haploid; Mutation; Selection; Yeast

Indexed keywords

DIPLOIDY; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOIDY; HETEROSIS; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; YEAST;

DIPLOIDY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOIDY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1842425679     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.02.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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