Actin patches of the cytoskeleton can be used in yeast to quantify the number of viable diploid cells in the presence of silencer genes, which regulate the expression of mating types. Actin patches are detectable for duration about 10 seconds at sites of polarized growth and then rapidly disappear. mating type determination in yeast; Smith MG et al 2001 J Cell Sci 114(pt 8):1505.
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(2008). Patch Mating. In: Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Informatics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6754-9_12386
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