Yeast Genetics: Methods and Protocols is a collection of methods to best study
and manipulate Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a truly genetic powerhouse. The simple
nature of a single cell eukaryotic organism, the relative ease of manipulating
its genome and the ability to interchangeably exist in both haploid and diploid
states have always made it an attractive model organism. Genes can be deleted,
mutated, engineered and tagged at will. Saccharomyces cerevisiae has played a
major role in the elucidation of multiple conserved cellular processes including
MAP kinase signaling, splicing, transcription and many others. Written in the
successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include
introductions to their respective topics,