Research Article

Cell Size Influences the Reproductive Potential and Total Lifespan of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Yeast as Revealed by the Analysis of Polyploid Strains

Table 1

Yeast S. cerevisiae strains used in this study.

StrainGenotypeReference

SP4 (1n)MATα leu1 arg4(Bilinski et al, 1978)

SP4 (2n)MATa/MATα leu1/leu1 arg4/arg4Lab collection

SP4 (3n)MATa/MATa/MATα leu1/leu1/leu1 arg4/arg4/arg4Lab collection

SP4 (4n)MATa/MATa/MATα/MATα leu1/leu1/leu1/leu1 arg4/arg4/arg4/arg4Lab collection

BY4741MATa his3Δ1 leu2Δ0 met15Δ0 ura3Δ0EUROSCARF

BY4742MATα his3Δ1 leu2Δ0 lysΔ0 ura3Δ0EUROSCARF

BY4743MATa/MATα his3Δ1/his3Δ1 leu2Δ0/leu2Δ0 LYS2/lys2Δ0 met15Δ0/MET1 ura3Δ0/ura3Δ0EUROSCARF

YAS288 (α c:L)MATα his3Δ1 leu2Δ0 lysΔ0 ura3Δ0 can1::LEU2(Alabrudzinska et al., 2011 [26])

YAS228MATa/MATα his3Δ1/his3Δ1 leu2Δ0/leu2Δ0 LYS2/lys2Δ0 met15Δ0/MET15 ura3Δ0/ura3Δ0 can1::LEU2/CAN1This work

YAS250MATa/MATα his3Δ1/his3Δ1 leu2Δ0/leu2Δ0 LYS2/lys2Δ0 met15Δ0/MET15 ura3Δ0/ura3Δ0 can1::LEU2/can1::HIS3This work

YMR2MATa his3Δ1 leu2Δ0 met15Δ0 ura3Δ0 can1::LEU2(Alabrudzinska et al., 2011 [26])

YAS281 BY474X (1n)Mata his3Δ1 leu2Δ0 met15Δ0 URA3(Alabrudzinska et al., 2011 [26])

YMS14 BY474X (2n)MATa/MATα his3Δ1/his3Δ1 leu2Δ0/leu2Δ0 LYS2/lys2Δ0 met15Δ0/MET15 URA3/ura3Δ0 CAN1/can1::LEU2(Alabrudzinska et al., 2011 [26])

YAS300 BY474X (3n)Mat a/MATa/MATα his3Δ1/his3Δ1/his3Δ1 leu2Δ0/leu2Δ0/leu2Δ0 LYS2/LYS2/lys2Δ0 met15Δ0/met15Δ0/MET15 ura3Δ0/ura3Δ0/URA3 can1::LEU2/can1::HIS3/CAN1This work

YAS318 BY474X (4n)Mat a/MATa/MATα/MATα his3Δ1/his3Δ1/his3Δ1/his3Δ1 leu2Δ0/leu2Δ0/leu2Δ0//leu2Δ0 LYS2/LYS2/lys2Δ0/lys2Δ0 met15Δ0/met15Δ0/MET15/MET15 ura3Δ0/ura3Δ0/ura3Δ0/URA3 can1::LEU2/can1::LEU2/can1::HIS3/CAN1This work

BMA64-1A (1n)MATa ura3-52 trp1Δ2 leu2-3112 his3-11 ade2-1 can1-100EUROSCARF

BMA64 (2n)MATa/MATα ura3-52/ura3-52 trp1Δ2/trp1Δ2 leu2-3112/leu2-3112 his3-11/his3-11 ade2-1/ade2-1 can1-100/can1-100EUROSCARF