Heterothallism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates from nature: Effect of HO locus on the mode of reproduction

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-131

  Katz Ezov, Tal ^a   Chang, Shang Lin ^b   Frenkel, Zéev ^c   Segrè, Ayellet V ^d   Bahalul, Moran ^a   Murray, Andrew W ^d   Leu, Jun Yi ^b   Korol, Abraham ^c   Kashi, Yechezkel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterothallism; HO; Reproduction; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIPLOIDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIPLOIDY; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, FUNGAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 72849152454     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04436.x     Document Type: Article

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