Souhir Marsit

The paper analyzes TE load in yeast hybrids using long-read sequencing and in vivo assays, finding that transposition rates are not increased by hybridization but are influenced by genotype-specific factors.

This study investigates how hybridization in yeast leads to mitochondrial DNA degeneration and metabolic shifts through large-scale deletions and loss of respiratory function.

Aborting meiosis followed by return-to-growth promotes genome-wide recombination in sterile yeast hybrids, enabling adaptation and genetic mapping.

This study investigates whether hybridization increases transposable element accumulation in fungi, finding no evidence of increased transposition in natural hybrids and genotype-specific factors governing TE accumulation in lab hybrids.

The paper sequences the genome of an ancient beer yeast strain from Quebec and determines its origin and relationship to other yeast strains.

The paper shows that spontaneous whole-genome duplication in yeast hybrids rapidly restores fertility, demonstrating ploidy changes as a path to hybrid speciation.