Classical Genetics with Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- 1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210;
- 2Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0733
Abstract
The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an outstanding experimental model organism that has been exploited since the early part of the twentieth century for studies in biochemistry and genetics. It has been the premiere experimental system for modern functional genomics and continues to make important contributions to many areas of biology. Here we discuss its many virtues as an organism for classical genetic research.
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↵3 Correspondence: ambergd{at}upstate.edu; dburke{at}virginia.edu
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