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Promotion of uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial drug resistance by delayed division of yeast zygotes

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Uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial markers conferring resistance to 3 (3,4-dichlorphenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (diuron or DCMU) and antimycin in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is promoted by delaying first division of zygotes.

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  1. Genetisches Institut der Universität München, München, FRG

    K. Wolf & F. Kaudewitz

  2. International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, C.N.R., Naples, Italy

    L. Del Giudice

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Wolf, K., Del Giudice, L. & Kaudewitz, F. Promotion of uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial drug resistance by delayed division of yeast zygotes. Molec. Gen. Genet. 176, 301–302 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273226

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