Introduction to Fission Yeast as a Model System
Abstract
Here, we briefly outline the history of fission yeast, its life cycle, and aspects of its biology that make it a useful model organism for studying problems of eukaryotic molecular and cell biology.
Footnotes
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↵1 Correspondence: Jacqueline.Hayles{at}crick.ac.uk; paul.nurse{at}crick.ac.uk
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From the Fission Yeast collection, edited by Iain M. Hagan, Antony M. Carr, Agnes Grallert, and Paul Nurse.