Researchers have shown that genetic diversity plays a key role in enabling drug resistance to evolve. ... Cell & Microbiology; ... Yeast spotlights genetic variation's link to drug resistance.

Despite their small size, yeasts are undisputed titans in evolutionary terms. The genetic diversity of the 100,000 known species rivals the entire chordate phylum, thanks to yeast's short lifespan, ...

The assay uses time-lapse microscopy to monitor individual yeast cells undergoing a small number of ... (Oxford University Press). (2013, September 17). Diversity of microbial growth strategies ...

The yeasts responsible for fermenting your favorite frothy ale have a surprisingly complicated past, according to researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on October 6. The ...

In yeast, the heads-or-tails phenomenon that Cullen describes involves the direction in which a colony spawns new cells. Under normal circumstances, existing yeast cells — called mother cells — give ...

And it worked: Within 60 days, the snowflake yeast appeared. When these yeast divide, thanks to a mutation, they don’t fully separate from one another. Instead they form branching structures of ...

The cells of some yeast species undergo what appears to be a self-destruct process following certain kinds of stress, according to a new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...

Yeast cells brew human DNase1 for first time, paving way for cheaper treatment. Story by Aamir Khollam • 5m. D Nase1 is a powerful human enzyme that breaks down free DNA in the body.

Researchers in this study used budding yeast, creating populations of cells with more than 10 million different randomised genomes, to investigate how genetic diversity affected resistance.

Researchers in this study used budding yeast, creating populations of cells with more than 10 million different randomised genomes, to investigate how genetic diversity affected resistance.