Mutational effects depend on ploidy level: All else is not equal

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gerstein, Aleeza C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose response; Effect size; Fitness; Growth rate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; MUTATION; PLOIDY; THEORETICAL STUDY; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; NYSTATIN;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HAPLOIDY; HOMOZYGOTE; MUTATION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DIPLOIDY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; GENETIC FITNESS; HAPLOIDY; HOMOZYGOTE; MUTATION; NYSTATIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84872046076     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0614     Document Type: Article

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