The natural diversity and ecology of fission yeast. Issue 3 (8th February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jeffares, Daniel C.
• Is Part Of: Yeast. Volume 35:Issue 3(2018:Mar.)
• Page Start: 253
• Page End: 260
• Publication Date: 2018-02-08
• Subjects: fission yeast -- genetic diversity -- Schizosaccharomyces; Yeast -- Periodicals; Yeasts -- Periodicals; Yeasts -- genetics -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 547
• DOI: 10.1002/yea.3293
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0749-503X

Abstract

Abstract: While the fission yeast is a powerful model of eukaryote biology, there have been few studies of quantitative genetics, phenotypic or genetic diversity. Here I survey the small collection of fission yeast diversity research. I discuss what we can infer about the ecology and origins of Schizosaccharomyces pombe from microbiology field studies and the few strains that have been collected. Abstract : Fission yeast has been intensively study in the laboratory ‐ but we know very little about its life in natural environments. Of course, it must have had a natural origin somewhere. Here I discuss what we know about wild fission yeasts; their genetics, genomics and the little we know about their natural environments.