Genetic analysis of meiotic recombination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 557, Issue , 2009, Pages 65-76

  Smith, Gerald R ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

fission yeast; intergenic recombination (crossing over); intragenic recombination (gene conversion); meiosis; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; spore viability; tetrad analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEIOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MEIOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 70350752366     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-527-5_6     Document Type: Article

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