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Polyploidy can drive rapid adaptation in yeast

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  • Anna M. Selmecki

    (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 4000 Jones Bridge Road
    Present address: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University School of Medicine, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA.)

  • Yosef E. Maruvka

    (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Harvard School of Public Health, 158 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA)

  • Phillip A. Richmond

    (BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA
    Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 347 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA)

  • Marie Guillet

    (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 4000 Jones Bridge Road)

  • Noam Shoresh

    (Broad Institute, 415 Main Street)

  • Amber L. Sorenson

    (BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA
    Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 347 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA)

  • Subhajyoti De

    (University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13001 East 17th Place, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
    Colorado School of Public Health, 13001 East 17th Place, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
    Molecular Oncology Program, University of Colorado Cancer Center, 13001 East 17th Place, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA)

  • Roy Kishony

    (Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel)

  • Franziska Michor

    (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Harvard School of Public Health, 158 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA)

  • Robin Dowell

    (BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA
    Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 347 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA)

  • David Pellman

    (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 4000 Jones Bridge Road
    Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA)

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.

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  • Anna M. Selmecki & Yosef E. Maruvka & Phillip A. Richmond & Marie Guillet & Noam Shoresh & Amber L. Sorenson & Subhajyoti De & Roy Kishony & Franziska Michor & Robin Dowell & David Pellman, 2015. "Polyploidy can drive rapid adaptation in yeast," Nature, Nature, vol. 519(7543), pages 349-352, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:519:y:2015:i:7543:d:10.1038_nature14187
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14187
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