Heterosis Is Prevalent Among Domesticated but not Wild Strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Crosses between inbred but unrelated individuals often result in an increased fitness of the progeny. This phenomenon is known as heterosis and has been reported for wild and domesticated populations of plants and animals. Analysis of heterosis is often hindered by the fact that the genetic relatedn...
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Language: | English |
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Genetics Society of America
2013
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931565/ |