Mate choice among yeast gametes can purge deleterious mutations

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1463-1471

  Tazzyman, S J ^a   Seymour, R M ^a   Pomiankowski, A ^a   Greig, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automixis; Gamete choice; Intratetrad mating; Mate choice; Mate preference; Saccharomyces; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ADAPTATION; AUTOGAMY; MATE CHOICE; MUTATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEX PHEROMONE; SEXUAL SELECTION; YEAST;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; GERM CELL; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

GENETIC LOCI; GERM CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 84863996359     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02539.x     Document Type: Article

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