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An update on the diversity, ecology and biogeography of the Saccharomyces genus
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 eukaryotes. More recently, the increase in the discovery of wild strains, species and hybrids of the genus Saccharomy...
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author | Alsammar, Haya Delneri, Daniela |
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description | 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 eukaryotes. More recently, the increase in the discovery of wild strains, species and hybrids of the genus Saccharomyces has shifted the attention towards studies on genome evolution, ecology and biogeography, with the yeast becoming a model system for population genomic studies. The genus currently comprises eight species, some of clear industrial importance, while others are confined to natural environments, such as wild forests devoid from human domestication activities. To date, numerous studies showed that some Saccharomyces species form genetically diverged populations that are structured by geography, ecology or domestication activity and that the yeast species can also hybridize readily both in natural and domesticated environments. Much emphasis is now placed on the evolutionary process that drives phenotypic diversity between species, hybrids and populations to allow adaptation to different niches. Here, we provide an update of the biodiversity, ecology and population structure of the Saccharomyces species, and recapitulate the current knowledge on the natural history of Saccharomyces genus. |
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spelling | pubmed-71505792020-04-15 An update on the diversity, ecology and biogeography of the Saccharomyces genus Alsammar, Haya Delneri, Daniela FEMS Yeast Res Minireview 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 eukaryotes. More recently, the increase in the discovery of wild strains, species and hybrids of the genus Saccharomyces has shifted the attention towards studies on genome evolution, ecology and biogeography, with the yeast becoming a model system for population genomic studies. The genus currently comprises eight species, some of clear industrial importance, while others are confined to natural environments, such as wild forests devoid from human domestication activities. To date, numerous studies showed that some Saccharomyces species form genetically diverged populations that are structured by geography, ecology or domestication activity and that the yeast species can also hybridize readily both in natural and domesticated environments. Much emphasis is now placed on the evolutionary process that drives phenotypic diversity between species, hybrids and populations to allow adaptation to different niches. Here, we provide an update of the biodiversity, ecology and population structure of the Saccharomyces species, and recapitulate the current knowledge on the natural history of Saccharomyces genus. Oxford University Press 2020-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7150579/ /pubmed/32196094 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsyr/foaa013 Text en © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of FEMS. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Minireview Alsammar, Haya Delneri, Daniela An update on the diversity, ecology and biogeography of the Saccharomyces genus |
title | An update on the diversity, ecology and biogeography of the Saccharomyces genus |
title_full | An update on the diversity, ecology and biogeography of the Saccharomyces genus |
title_fullStr | An update on the diversity, ecology and biogeography of the Saccharomyces genus |
title_full_unstemmed | An update on the diversity, ecology and biogeography of the Saccharomyces genus |
title_short | An update on the diversity, ecology and biogeography of the Saccharomyces genus |
title_sort | update on the diversity, ecology and biogeography of the saccharomyces genus |
topic | Minireview |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7150579/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32196094 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsyr/foaa013 |
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