Population biology: wild origins of a model yeast.
Yeast is a superb laboratory model organism, but little is known about its natural lifestyle. Recent studies of wild yeast are beginning to reveal details of Saccharomyces population structure and evolution that challenge assumptions about speciation and dispersal in microbes.
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Duncan
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Department of Biology, University College London, 4 Stephenson Way, London, UK. d.greig@ucl.ac.uk
D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal; D005060:Europe; D049810:Genetic Speciation; D009656:North America; D029963:Quercus / Q000382:microbiology; D012440:Saccharomyces / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*