Polyploidy can drive rapid adaptation in yeast

Anna M. Selmecki (), Yosef E. Maruvka, Phillip A. Richmond, Marie Guillet, Noam Shoresh, Amber L. Sorenson, Subhajyoti De, Roy Kishony, Franziska Michor, Robin Dowell and David Pellman ()
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Anna M. Selmecki: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Yosef E. Maruvka: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Phillip A. Richmond: BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA
Marie Guillet: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Noam Shoresh: Broad Institute, 415 Main Street
Amber L. Sorenson: BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA
Subhajyoti De: University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13001 East 17th Place, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
Roy Kishony: Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Franziska Michor: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Robin Dowell: BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA
David Pellman: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA

Nature, 2015, vol. 519, issue 7543, 349-352

Abstract: In vitro evolution experiments on haploid, diploid, and tetraploid yeast strains show that adaptation is faster in tetraploids, providing direct quantitative evidence that in some environments polyploidy can accelerate evolutionary adaptation.

Date: 2015
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