Evidence for divergent evolution of growth temperature preference in sympatric Saccharomyces species.

The genus Saccharomyces currently includes eight species in addition to the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, most of which can be consistently isolated from tree bark and soil. We recently found sympatric pairs of Saccharomyces species, composed of one cryotolerant and one thermotolerant specie...

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Main Authors: Paula Gonçalves, Elisabete Valério, Cláudia Correia, João M G C F de Almeida, José Paulo Sampaio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3107239?pdf=render