Article
Spontaneous Changes in Ploidy Are Common in Yeast.
Current biology : CB - 19 Mar 2018
Harari Yaniv, Ram Yoav, Rappoport Nimrod, Hadany Lilach, Kupiec Martin
Abstract excerpt
Changes in ploidy are relatively rare, but play important roles in the development of cancer and the acquisition of long-term adaptations. Genome duplications occur across the tree of life, and can alter the rate of adaptive evolution. Moreover, by allowing the subsequent loss of individual chromosomes and the accumulation of mutations, changes in ploidy can promote genomic instability and/or adaptation. Although...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
