Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

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

  • David Peris,
  • Emily J. Ubbelohde,
  • Meihua Christina Kuang,
  • Jacek Kominek,
  • Quinn K. Langdon,
  • Marie Adams,
  • Justin A. Koshalek,
  • Amanda Beth Hulfachor,
  • Dana A. Opulente,
  • David J. Hall,
  • Katie Hyma,
  • Justin C. Fay,
  • Jean-Baptiste Leducq,
  • Guillaume Charron,
  • Christian R. Landry,
  • Diego Libkind,
  • Carla Gonçalves,
  • Paula Gonçalves,
  • José Paulo Sampaio,
  • Qi-Ming Wang,
  • Feng-Yan Bai,
  • Russel L. Wrobel,
  • Chris Todd Hittinger

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36139-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Here, the authors describe the geographies, hosts, substrates, and phylogenetic relationships for 1,794 Saccharomyces strains. They provide insight into the genetic and phenotypic diversity in the genus, not seen through prior work focused on the model species Saccharomyces cerevisiae.