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

Table 2

The budding lifespan (number of generations), reproductive lifespan, postreproductive lifespan, and total lifespan of the yeast strains of different ploidy 1n–4n. Data are presented as the means ± SD from all tested cells during two independent experiments (80 cells). ; ; and compared to haploid (1n) strain (one-way ANOVA and Dunnett’s post hoc test).

Yeast strain		Budding lifespan	Reproductive lifespan	Postreproductive lifespan	Total lifespan
		Number of daughters	Time (h)	Time (h)	Time (h)
SP4	1n	41.9 ± 14.9	73.2 ± 26.0	22.5 ± 25.5	95.7 ± 36.3
	2n	48.4 ± 16.3	75.6 ± 28.0	15.3 ± 31.4	90.7 ± 40.8
	3n	44.7 ± 10.6	66.3 ± 15.2	5.1 ± 11.3	71.4 ± 16.6
	4n	38.3 ± 7.8	58.3 ± 12.4	3.3 ± 5.0	61.6 ± 12.8
BY474X	1n	20.8 ± 9.7	43.1 ± 19.7	63.0 ± 51.5	106.1 ± 49.2
	2n	26.1 ± 8.7	47.5 ± 19.7	46.0 ± 46.8	93.5 ± 50.5
	3n	37.9 ± 14.1	73.6 ± 27.9	23.4 ± 29.9	96.9 ± 34.4
	4n	30.5 ± 12.3	56.3 ± 24.1	17.1 ± 20.3	73.43 ± 28.5
BMA64	1n	23.0 ± 7.0	47.4 ± 15.1	35.3 ± 29.3	82.7 ± 33.2
	2n	21.0 ± 5.6	32.9 ± 9.3	5.4 ± 10.8	38.3 ± 12.8