Loss of Vertically-Inherited Totiviruses and Toxin-Encoding Satellites in Killer Yeast Evidences Intracellular Conflict in Natural Populations
Thomas J. Travers-Cook, Sarah J. Knight, Soon Lee, Jana Jucker, Tamara Schlegel, Jukka Jokela, Claudia C. Buser
The paper examines the stability of totivirus-satellite infections in yeast populations over time, finding that host genotypes cluster by infection states despite some transitions.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology · Nov 11, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology