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. 2019 Aug 1;36(9):525–539. doi: 10.1002/yea.3427

Table 1.

Common aneuploidies linked with adaptation to different types of stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Chromosome Type of aneuploidy Stress Selection agent Ploidy Notes Source
II, III, and V + Environmental stress Paraquat (superoxide) 1N Jonas Warringer, pers. Comm.
III + Environmental stress Ethanol 2N Near lethal stress Voordeckers et al. ( 2015 )
III + Temperature Heat (39°C) 1N Transient (eliminated within 2,350 gens) Yona et al. ( 2012 )
IV + Environmental stress Hydrogen Peroxide (oxidative) 1N Linder et al. ( 2017 )
V + Environmental stress High pH (8.6) 1N Transient (eliminated within 2,350 gens) Yona et al. ( 2012 )
VIII DNA damage Telomerase Insufficiency 2N Allows for survival Millet et al. ( 2015 )
VIII + Drug resistance Fluconazole (antifungal) 2N Chen et al. ( 2012 )
IX + Drug resistance Hygromycin B 2N Chen et al. ( 2015 )
XII Drug resistance Benomyl 2N Chen et al. ( 2012 )
XIII + Starvation Raffinose 4N Selmecki et al. ( 2015 )
XIII + Toxic metabolic intermediates Galactose 1N and 2N Recovery after knockout of GAL7 Sirr et al. ( 2015 )
XIV + Starvation Allantoin 2N Hong and Gresham ( 2014 )
XV + Proteotoxic stress Radicol (Hsp90 inhibitor) 1N and 2N Chen et al. ( 2012 )
XVI Drug resistance Tunicamycin 2N Chen et al. ( 2012 )

Note. Review of published data showing chromosome numeral, type of aneuploidy (amplification or deletion is + or −, respectively), type of stress, selection agent, initial ploidy of the experimental population, notes, and references.