Genome evolution in the eremothecium clade of the saccharomyces complex revealed by comparative genomics

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 539-548

  Wendland, Jürgen ^a   Walther, Andrea ^a  

^a CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ancestral gene order; GC content; Genome evolution; Mating type locus; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864083459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.001032     Document Type: Article

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