Macroevolutionary diversity of traits and genomes in the model yeast genus Saccharomyces

D Peris, EJ Ubbelohde, MC Kuang, J Kominek… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Species is the fundamental unit to quantify biodiversity. In recent years, the model yeast
Saccharomyces cerevisiae has seen an increased number of studies related to its …

Saccharomyces diversity and evolution: a budding model genus

CT Hittinger - Trends in Genetics, 2013 - cell.com
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is one of the best-understood and most powerful genetic model
systems. Several disciplines are now converging to turn Saccharomyces into an exciting …

An update on the diversity, ecology and biogeography of the Saccharomyces genus

H Alsammar, D Delneri - FEMS Yeast Research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the most extensively studied yeast and, over the last century,
provided insights on the physiology, genetics, cellular biology and molecular mechanisms of …

[HTML][HTML] The rise of yeast population genomics

G Liti, J Schacherer - Comptes rendus biologies, 2011 - Elsevier
Genome sequences of multiple individuals are essential to determine the forces shaping
sequence variation as well as to understand the relationship between genotype and …

Genomic Sequence Diversity and Population Structure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Assessed by RAD-seq

GA Cromie, KE Hyma, CL Ludlow… - G3: Genes …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is important for human food production and
as a model organism for biological research. The genetic diversity contained in the global …

Reconstructing the backbone of the Saccharomycotina yeast phylogeny using genome-scale data

XX Shen, X Zhou, J Kominek… - G3: Genes …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the phylogenetic relationships among the yeasts of the subphylum
Saccharomycotina is a prerequisite for understanding the evolution of their metabolisms and …

Population genomics of yeasts: towards a comprehensive view across a broad evolutionary scale

J Peter, J Schacherer - Yeast, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
With the advent of high‐throughput technologies for sequencing, the complete description of
the genetic variation that occurs in populations, also known as population genomics, is …

Revisiting the Taxonomic Synonyms and Populations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae—Phylogeny, Phenotypes, Ecology and Domestication

A Pontes, M Hutzler, PH Brito, JP Sampaio - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Saccharomyces cerevisiae—the most emblematic and industrially relevant yeast—has a
long list of taxonomical synonyms. Formerly considered as distinct species, some of the …

The Awesome Power of Yeast Evolutionary Genetics: New Genome Sequences and Strain Resources for the Saccharomyces sensu stricto Genus

DR Scannell, OA Zill, A Rokas, C Payen… - G3: Genes …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
High-quality, well-annotated genome sequences and standardized laboratory strains fuel
experimental and evolutionary research. We present improved genome sequences of three …

Extensive sampling of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Taiwan reveals ecology and evolution of predomesticated lineages

TJ Lee, YC Liu, WA Liu, YF Lin, HH Lee… - Genome …, 2022 - genome.cshlp.org
The ecology and genetic diversity of the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae before
human domestication remain poorly understood. Taiwan is regarded as part of this yeast's …