Sex drives intracellular conflict in yeast

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1757-1763

  Harrison, E ^a,c   Maclean, R C ^b   Koufopanou, V ^a   Burt, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 m plasmid; Experimental evolution; Intragenomic conflict; Mitochondria; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENOMICS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITOCHONDRION; PLASMID; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; VIRULENCE; YEAST;

PRIMER DNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA PRIMERS; MEIOSIS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX;

EID: 84904396483     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12408     Document Type: Article

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