Talk:Mating of yeast

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There is a lot of pertinent information but I feel that the content in some of the sections is quite repetitive and, as mentioned by others before, not well referenced. T.M. (talk) 19:54, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This article has a lot of good information, but I think that it could stand to be simplified, with links to more detail explainations for those who want more (e.g. make a mating type switch section, a detailed section on the regulation of a and alpha genes) Sir1 05:30, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This article definitely should be simplified and merged with either yeast or Saccharomyces cerevisiae. --LostLeviathan 19:44, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is a nice, possibly graduate level, summary of one of the basic mechanisms of control of gene expression, the concept of how a few 'actors' can produce multiple results, depending on how they interact with each other, and what genetic targets are available. There is more detail on the mechanism of the mating type switch, and why it usually results in a switch of type, in the Lodish reference]18:12, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Can diploid cells mate? Not clear in the article.129.31.72.52 15:27, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

After the pheromone

Answer to previous question: no, a/α diploids cannot mate.

And I was wondering: there is no discussion of the events that occur after an a meets an α, and that's when things get even more interesting. Woodlore (talk) 01:28, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Needs updating

For reasons that are not well understood, the repair of the MAT locus after cutting by the HO endonuclease almost always results in a mating type switch.

http://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/12/11/1726.abstract Mcm1 regulates donor preference controlled by the recombination enhancer in Saccharomyces mating-type switching —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.184.111.79 (talk) 18:10, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What is the subject?

Is this about Saccharomyces or yeast in general? The article keeps switching back and forth in mid-text.CarlFink (talk) 04:24, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bolding

Can someone explain the apparent convention on bolding the a but not the α mating type? There's nothing on it in the article. Kajabla (talk) 16:55, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The amount of detail in the article is great, but could definitely be more concise. The majority of the article has no references, and while it is extremely detailed about all of the factors and steps leading up to how Saccharomyces mates, the article stops short of explaining the actual mechanism of reproduction, which seems like an extremely important part of your topic, and there is not a single mention of how that mating might physically occur. Ags5930 (talk) 02:19, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]