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

Abstract

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 howmore » this industrially important hybrid has been domesticated along similar evolutionary trajectories on multiple occasions.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [3];  [3];  [4];  [5]
  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
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Research Org.:
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), Madison, WI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Contributing Org.:
Univ. Nacional del Comahue-CONICET, Bariloche (Argentina)
OSTI Identifier:
1343408
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1438256
Grant/Contract Number:  
FC02-07ER64494; DEB-1253634
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Molecular Biology and Evolution
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 32; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0737-4038
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Saccharomyces eubayanus; domestication; genome assembly; hybridization; lager brewing

Citation Formats

Baker, Emily Clare, Wang, Bing, Bellora, Nicolas, Peris, David, Hulfachor, Amanda Beth, Koshalek, Justin A., Adams, Marie, Libkind, Diego, and Hittinger, Chris Todd. The genome sequence of Saccharomyces eubayanus and the domestication of lager-brewing yeasts. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1093/molbev/msv168.
Baker, Emily Clare, Wang, Bing, Bellora, Nicolas, Peris, David, Hulfachor, Amanda Beth, Koshalek, Justin A., Adams, Marie, Libkind, Diego, & Hittinger, Chris Todd. The genome sequence of Saccharomyces eubayanus and the domestication of lager-brewing yeasts. United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msv168
Baker, Emily Clare, Wang, Bing, Bellora, Nicolas, Peris, David, Hulfachor, Amanda Beth, Koshalek, Justin A., Adams, Marie, Libkind, Diego, and Hittinger, Chris Todd. Tue . "The genome sequence of Saccharomyces eubayanus and the domestication of lager-brewing yeasts". United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msv168. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1343408.
@article{osti_1343408,
title = {The genome sequence of Saccharomyces eubayanus and the domestication of lager-brewing yeasts},
author = {Baker, Emily Clare and Wang, Bing and Bellora, Nicolas and Peris, David and Hulfachor, Amanda Beth and Koshalek, Justin A. and Adams, Marie and Libkind, Diego and Hittinger, Chris Todd},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1093/molbev/msv168},
journal = {Molecular Biology and Evolution},
number = 11,
volume = 32,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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