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A short history of recombination in yeast.
Trends Ecol Evol. 2007 May; 22(5):223-5.TE

Abstract

Despite it being the darling of fungal genomics, we know little about either the ecology or reproductive biology of the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, in nature. A recent study by Ruderfer et al. estimated that the ancestors of three S. cerevisiae genomes outcrossed approximately once every 50,000 generations, confirming the view that outcrossing is infrequent in natural populations of S. cerevisiae. This study also inferred the genomic positions of past recombination events. By comparing past recombination events with present-day recombination rates, this study lays the groundwork for determining whether recombination has improved the long-term survival of descendant lineages by bringing together favorable alleles, a longstanding question in evolutionary genetics.

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Zeyl CW
Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA. zeylcw@wfu.edu
Otto SP
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MeSH

Crosses, GeneticEvolution, MolecularGenome, FungalModels, GeneticRecombination, GeneticSaccharomyces cerevisiae

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

17296245

Citation

Zeyl, Clifford W., and Sarah P. Otto. "A Short History of Recombination in Yeast." Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 22, no. 5, 2007, pp. 223-5.
Zeyl CW, Otto SP. A short history of recombination in yeast. Trends Ecol Evol. 2007;22(5):223-5.
Zeyl, C. W., & Otto, S. P. (2007). A short history of recombination in yeast. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 22(5), 223-5.
Zeyl CW, Otto SP. A Short History of Recombination in Yeast. Trends Ecol Evol. 2007;22(5):223-5. PubMed PMID: 17296245.
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TY - JOUR T1 - A short history of recombination in yeast. AU - Zeyl,Clifford W, AU - Otto,Sarah P, Y1 - 2007/02/12/ PY - 2006/11/14/received PY - 2007/01/18/revised PY - 2007/02/02/accepted PY - 2007/2/14/pubmed PY - 2007/7/13/medline PY - 2007/2/14/entrez SP - 223 EP - 5 JF - Trends in ecology & evolution JO - Trends Ecol Evol VL - 22 IS - 5 N2 - Despite it being the darling of fungal genomics, we know little about either the ecology or reproductive biology of the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, in nature. A recent study by Ruderfer et al. estimated that the ancestors of three S. cerevisiae genomes outcrossed approximately once every 50,000 generations, confirming the view that outcrossing is infrequent in natural populations of S. cerevisiae. This study also inferred the genomic positions of past recombination events. By comparing past recombination events with present-day recombination rates, this study lays the groundwork for determining whether recombination has improved the long-term survival of descendant lineages by bringing together favorable alleles, a longstanding question in evolutionary genetics. SN - 0169-5347 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/17296245/A_short_history_of_recombination_in_yeast_ L2 - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0169-5347(07)00039-0 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -