A tradeoff drives the evolution of reduced metal resistance in natural populations of yeast.

Various types of genetic modification and selective forces have been implicated in the process of adaptation to novel or adverse environments. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms are not well understood in most natural populations. Here we report that a set of yeast strains collected from E...

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Main Authors: Shang-Lin Chang, Jun-Yi Leu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3069115?pdf=render