have not fully explained whether and to what extent heat shock would affect genome
stability. Hence, this study explored heat-shock-induced genomic alterations in the yeast
Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Using genetic screening systems and customized single
nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) microarrays, we found that heat shock (52° C) for several
minutes could heighten mitotic recombination by at least one order of magnitude. More than …