Unique trajectory of gene family evolution from genomic analysis of nearly all known species in an ancient yeast lineage
Bo Feng, Yonglin Li, Biyang Xu, Hongyue Liu, Jacob Lucas Steenwyk, Kyle T. David, Xiaolin Tian, Carla Gonçalves, Dana A. Opulente, Abigail Leavitt LaBella, Marie‐Claire Harrison, John F. Wolters, Shengyuan Shao, Zhaohao Chen, Kaitlin J. Fisher, , Yuanning Li
The paper analyzes gene family evolution across nearly all known Saccharomycotina yeast species, finding distinct evolutionary patterns with gene loss linked to metabolic and genomic changes.
Molecular Systems Biology · May 27, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology