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The quick and the dead: microbial demography at the yeast thermal limit.
Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2017
Maxwell Colin S, Magwene Paul M
Abstract excerpt
The niche of microorganisms is determined by where their populations can expand. Populations can fail to grow because of high death or low birth rates, but these are challenging to measure in microorganisms. We developed a novel technique that enables single-cell measurement of age-structured birth and death rates in the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and used this method to study responses to heat...
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