Evolutionary genomics: yeasts accelerate beyond BLAST.

Current biology : CB ·Vol. 14 ·No. 10 ·2004-05-25 ·Pages R392-4

Wolfe K

Abstract

Two new genome sequences confirm that a whole genome duplication occurred in an ancestor of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This left a legacy of about 500 pairs of duplicated genes, many of which contribute to this yeast's ability to ferment glucose anaerobically; a few have been evolving so quickly they retain almost no sequence similarity to each other.

MeSH Terms

Base Sequence Databases, Genetic Evolution, Molecular Gene Order Genes, Duplicate/genetics Genetic Variation Genome, Fungal Phylogeny Polyploidy Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics Sequence Homology

Authors & Affiliations

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Wolfe Ken

Department of Genetics, Smurfit Institute, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. [email protected]

Article Info

Journal

Current biology : CB

Abbr.

Curr Biol

ISSN

0960-9822

DOI

10.1016/j.cub.2004.05.015

[email protected]

Published

2004-05-25

Pages

R392-4

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

9107782

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.05.015 View journal details

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