Cell - 8 September 2016

Article

Domestication and Divergence of Saccharomyces

cerevisiae Beer Yeasts

Graphical Abstract

Highlights

d We sequenced and phenotyped 157S. cerevisiaeyeasts

d Present-day industrial yeasts originate from only a few

domesticated ancestors

d Beer yeasts show strong genetic and phenotypic hallmarks

of domestication

d Domestication of industrial yeasts predates microbe

discovery

Authors

Brigida Gallone, Jan Steensels,

Troels Prahl, ..., Guy Baele, Steven Maere,

Kevin J. Verstrepen

Correspondence

[email protected] (S.M.),

[email protected]

(K.J.V.)

In Brief

The history and domestication of yeast

used for making beer and other types of

alcohol are revealed through genomic

and phenotypic analyses.

Gallone et al., 2016, Cell 166 , 1397–1410

September 8, 2016ª2016 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2016.08.020