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A pioneer of yeast genetics in Croatia: Zoran Zgaga’s contribution to make national research acknowledged worldwide

PETAR T. MITRIKESKI orcid.org/0000-0002-8859-3490 ; Present address: Institute for Research and Development of Sustainable Ecosystems, Ivana Lučića 5 (CTT-FSB), 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
KREŠIMIR GJURAČIĆ ; Laboratory for Biology and Microbial Genetics, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
PREDRAG KOREN ; Laboratory for Biology and Microbial Genetics, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
BERISLAV LISNIĆ ; Laboratory for Biology and Microbial Genetics, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
MARINA MIKLENIĆ ; Laboratory for Biology and Microbial Genetics, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
MILENA NINKOVIĆ ; Laboratory for Biology and Microbial Genetics, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
ANAMARIJA ŠTAFA ; Laboratory for Biology and Microbial Genetics, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
IVAN-KREŠIMIR SVETEC ; Laboratory for Biology and Microbial Genetics, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

This study is an attempt to evaluate the pathway and the achievements of yeast genetics in Croatia. The study represents both, an authors’ review and a historical overview and therefore is of value for yeast geneticists aswell as for historians of science.

Keywords

Yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae; molecular genetics; history of science; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

80891

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/80891

Publication date:

30.3.2012.

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