Considerable progress in our understanding of yeast genomes and their evolution has been
made over the last decade with the sequencing, analysis, and comparisons of numerous …

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 …

Large-scale population genomic surveys are essential to explore the phenotypic diversity of
natural populations. Here we report the whole-genome sequencing and phenoty** of …

Organisms exhibit extensive variation in ecological niche breadth, from very narrow
(specialists) to very broad (generalists). Two general paradigms have been proposed to …

The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae can be found in the wild and is also
frequently associated with human activities. Despite recent insights into the phylogeny of this …

Understanding the phylogenetic relationships among the yeasts of the subphylum
Saccharomycotina is a prerequisite for understanding the evolution of their metabolisms and …

The question of how genetic variation in a population influences phenotypic variation and
evolution is of major importance in modern biology. Yet much is still unknown about the …

The dramatic phenotypic changes that occur in organisms during domestication leave
indelible imprints on their genomes. Although many domesticated plants and animals have …

In addition to Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the cryotolerant yeast species S. uvarum is also
used for wine and cider fermentation but nothing is known about its natural history. Here we …

Hybridization between species often leads to non-viable or infertile offspring, yet examples
of evolutionarily successful interspecific hybrids have been reported in all kingdoms of life …