QTL Analysis of High Thermotolerance with Superior and Downgraded Parental Yeast Strains Reveals New Minor QTLs and Converges on Novel Causative Alleles Involved in RNA Processing

Yudi Yang; Maria R. Foulquié-Moreno; Lieven Clement; Éva Erdei; An Tanghe; Kristien Schaerlaekens; Françoise Dumortier; Johan M. Thevelein

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1003693

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QTL Analysis of High Thermotolerance with Superior and Downgraded Parental Yeast Strains Reveals New Minor QTLs and Converges on Novel Causative Alleles Involved in RNA Processing

Yudi Yang,

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU Leuven, Flanders, Belgium, Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIB, Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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Maria R. Foulquié-Moreno,

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU Leuven, Flanders, Belgium, Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIB, Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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Lieven Clement,

Affiliation Department of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, Ghent University, Flanders, Belgium
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Éva Erdei,

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU Leuven, Flanders, Belgium, Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIB, Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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An Tanghe,

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU Leuven, Flanders, Belgium, Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIB, Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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Kristien Schaerlaekens,

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU Leuven, Flanders, Belgium, Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIB, Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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Françoise Dumortier,

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU Leuven, Flanders, Belgium, Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIB, Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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Johan M. Thevelein

* E-mail: johan.thevelein@mmbio.vib-kuleuven.be

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU Leuven, Flanders, Belgium, Department of Molecular Microbiology, VIB, Leuven-Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium
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QTL Analysis of High Thermotolerance with Superior and Downgraded Parental Yeast Strains Reveals New Minor QTLs and Converges on Novel Causative Alleles Involved in RNA Processing

Yudi Yang,
Maria R. Foulquié-Moreno,
Lieven Clement,
Éva Erdei,
An Tanghe,
Kristien Schaerlaekens,
Françoise Dumortier,
Johan M. Thevelein

Published: August 15, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003693

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