Lots of labs at the Crick use yeast as a powerful research model to investigate basic biological processes and mechanisms, such as cell growth and division.

Many of the genes involved in human disease have functional equivalents within yeast. It is also practically convenient as yeast easy to produce and manipulate in the lab.

 

 

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