Caiti Smukowski Heil

This study analyzes sourdough yeast strains to reveal their domestication history, showing genetic distinctiveness from commercial strains and complex evolutionary influences from human cultural practices.

The paper examines recombination rate changes in domesticated species compared to their wild ancestors, finding mixed results across chicken, sheep, and goats.

This study examines how temperature affects meiotic success and recombination rates in two yeast species with different thermal tolerances, finding temperature-dependent differences in sporulation and recombination.

This study investigates whether interspecific yeast hybridization increases transposable element mobilization, finding that mitochondrial inheritance, not hybridization itself, significantly affects transposition rates.

This study identifies beneficial alleles lost through LOH in yeast hybrids, showing how LOH can drive adaptation to new environments.

The paper uses Hi-C to assemble genomes from a mixed beer sample, identifying a novel yeast hybrid between Pichia membranifaciens and an undescribed yeast.

This study uses experimental evolution to identify genetic routes to yeast flocculation and shows that deleting FLO1 significantly reduces flocculation.