SRA

Most fission yeast researchers use strains derived from Leupoldâ??s 972 isolate and that was the strain sequenced by the Sanger Institute and defining the reference genome for S. pombe. However, in strain collections all over the world there are over 100 different wild isolates not related to Leupoldâ??s 972 isolate. To date nothing is known about the natural variability existing in wild S. pombe populations. This project aims to sequence 8 new strains of S. pombe and provides insight into the S. pombe variability.