期刊
CURRENT GENETICS
卷 64, 期 5, 页码 1001-1004出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-018-0823-y
关键词
Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Ploidy; Haploid; Diploid; Homothallism; Heterothalism; Genome duplication; Endoreduplication; Homologous recombination
资金
- Minerva Stiftung
- Volkswagen Foundation
- Israel Science Foundation
- Stanford Center for Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics
Ploidy is considered a very stable cellular characteristic. Although rare, changes in ploidy play important roles in the acquisition of long-term adaptations. Since these duplications allow the subsequent loss of individual chromosomes and accumulation of mutations, changes in ploidy can also cause genomic instability, and have been found to promote cancer. Despite the importance of the subject, measuring the rate of whole-genome duplications has proven extremely challenging. We have recently measured the rate of diploidization in yeast using long-term, in-lab experiments. We found that spontaneous diploidization occurs frequently, by two different mechanisms: endoreduplication and mating type switching. Despite its common occurrence, spontaneous diploidization is usually selected against, although it can be advantageous under some stressful conditions. Our results have implications for the understanding of evolutionary processes, as well as for the use of yeast cells in biotechnological applications.
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