Dissecting the Genetic Basis of a Complex cis-Regulatory Adaptation.

Although single genes underlying several evolutionary adaptations have been identified, the genetic basis of complex, polygenic adaptations has been far more challenging to pinpoint. Here we report that the budding yeast Saccharomyces paradoxus has recently evolved resistance to citrinin, a naturall...

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Main Authors: Santiago Naranjo, Justin D Smith, Carlo G Artieri, Mian Zhang, Yiqi Zhou, Michael E Palmer, Hunter B Fraser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-12-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005751