Mate choice assays and mating propensity differences in natural yeast populations

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 553-556

  Murphy, Helen A ^a   Kuehne, Heidi A ^b   Francis, Chantai A ^a   Sniegowski, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mate choice; Mating propensity; Prezygotic isolation; Saccharomyces spp.

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; MATE CHOICE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SYMPATRY; YEAST;

ARTICLE; MATING; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES; YEAST; ZYGOTE;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES PARADOXUS;

EID: 33845580117     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0534     Document Type: Article

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