Convergent evolution of a fused sexual cycle promotes the haploid lifestyle

Racquel Kim Sherwood, Christine M. Scaduto, Sandra E. Torres and Richard J. Bennett ()
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Racquel Kim Sherwood: Brown University, 171 Meeting Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Christine M. Scaduto: Brown University, 171 Meeting Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Sandra E. Torres: Brown University, 171 Meeting Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Richard J. Bennett: Brown University, 171 Meeting Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA

Nature, 2014, vol. 506, issue 7488, 387-390

Abstract: In the predominantly diploid yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, regulatory control of mating is separate from meiosis; here the related hemiascomycete yeast Candida lusitaniae is shown to have coordinated regulatory control of mating and meiosis, favouring the formation of haploids.

Date: 2014
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