Mutational load and the transition between diploidy and haploidy in experimental populations of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetica

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 285-293

  Sliwa, Piotr ^a   Kluz, Joanna ^a   Korona, Ryszard ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

deleterious mutation; diploidy; haploidy; mutational load; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLOIDY; POPULATION GENETICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SURVIVAL;

GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLOIDIES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 4444222976     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GENE.0000039846.12313.98     Document Type: Article

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