Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Evolutionary trade-offs between unicellularity and multicellularity in budding yeast
Jennie J. Kuzdzal-Fick, Lin Chen, Gábor Balázsi
This study shows that unicellular yeast evolves from clump-forming ancestors through mutations in the AMN1 gene, revealing a trade-off between multicellular stress resistance and unicellular advantages.
DOI 10.1101/347609