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Title: The genome sequence of Saccharomyces eubayanus and the domestication of lager-brewing yeasts

Journal Article · · Molecular Biology and Evolution
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  1. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
  2. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States); Univ. Nacional del Comahue-CONICET, Bariloche (Argentina)
  3. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Biotechnology Center
  4. Univ. Nacional del Comahue-CONICET, Bariloche (Argentina)
  5. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

The dramatic phenotypic changes that occur in organisms during domestication leave indelible imprints on their genomes. Although many domesticated plants and animals have been systematically compared with their wild genetic stocks, the molecular and genomic processes underlying fungal domestication have received less attention. Here, we present a nearly complete genome assembly for the recently described yeast species Saccharomyces eubayanus and compare it to the genomes of multiple domesticated alloploid hybrids of S. eubayanus × S. cerevisiae (S. pastorianus syn. S. carlsbergensis), which are used to brew lager-style beers. We find that the S. eubayanus subgenomes of lager-brewing yeasts have experienced increased rates of evolution since hybridization, and that certain genes involved in metabolism may have been particularly affected. Interestingly, the S. eubayanus subgenome underwent an especially strong shift in selection regimes, consistent with more extensive domestication of the S. cerevisiae parent prior to hybridization. In contrast to recent proposals that lager-brewing yeasts were domesticated following a single hybridization event, the radically different neutral site divergences between the subgenomes of the two major lager yeast lineages strongly favor at least two independent origins for the S. cerevisiae × S. eubayanus hybrids that brew lager beers. In conclusion, our findings demonstrate how this industrially important hybrid has been domesticated along similar evolutionary trajectories on multiple occasions.

Research Organization:
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), Madison, WI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Contributing Organization:
Univ. Nacional del Comahue-CONICET, Bariloche (Argentina)
Grant/Contract Number:
FC02-07ER64494; DEB-1253634
OSTI ID:
1343408
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1438256
Journal Information:
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 32, Issue 11; ISSN 0737-4038
Publisher:
Oxford University PressCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 126 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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