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The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe has become a popular model organism in basic science for a number of reasons. It is a simply organized unicellular fungus, featuring a conventional eukaryotic cell cycle and mitotic nuclear divisions. It is readily amenable to both classical and molecular genetic analyses, which are facilitated by straightforward crossing techniques, an almost conventional meiosis, and a full range of procedures for doing reverse genetics as well. It has recently entered the post-genomic era, after the entire genome has been sequenced (Chap. 2). Also, functional complementation for important proteins of mammalian origin has been achieved in genetically defined mutants of fission yeast.
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Egel, R. (2004). Fission Yeast in General Genetics. In: Egel, R. (eds) The Molecular Biology of Schizosaccharomyces pombe . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10360-9_1
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