Spontaneous Polyploids and Antimutators Compete During the Evolution of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mutator Cells
Author(s) -
Maxwell Tracy,
Mitchell Lee,
Brady L Hearn,
Ian T. Dowsett,
Luke C. Thurber,
Jason Loo,
Anisha M. Loeb,
Kent Preston,
Miles I. Tuncel,
Niloufar Ghodsian,
Anna Bode,
Thao T. Tang,
Andy R. Chia,
Alan J. Herr
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1943-2631
pISSN - 0016-6731
DOI - 10.1534/genetics.120.303333
Subject(s) - biology , saccharomyces cerevisiae , genetics , dna replication , mutation , mutation rate , dna , replication (statistics) , saccharomyces , extinction (optical mineralogy) , gene , virology , paleontology
“Mutator” tumor cells that cannot correct DNA replication errors exhibit an extremely high mutation rate that accelerates their evolution. But this gamble puts them at risk for extinction....
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