A polyploid admixed origin of beer yeasts derived from European and Asian wine populations
J. Fay, P. Liu, G. Ong, M. Dunham, G. Cromie, E. Jeffrey, C. Ludlow, A. Dudley
The paper traces the origins of beer yeasts to admixture between European and Asian wine yeast populations, revealing a polyploid origin and genetic diversity from extinct or uncharacterized sources.
bioRxiv · Nov 8, 2018Evolutionary Biology