Number of times a cell divides prior to death
| Range | 30-50 divisions |
|---|---|
| Organism | Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
| Reference | Powell CD, Quain DE, Smart KA. Chitin scar breaks in aged Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbiology. 2003 Nov149(Pt 11):3129-37.PubMed ID14600225 |
| Primary Source | Mortimer RK, Johnston JR. Life span of individual yeast cells. Nature. 1959 Jun 20 183(4677):1751-2.PubMed ID13666896 |
| Comments | See BNID 105586 |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 103697 |