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Bread, beer and wine: Saccharomyces cerevisiae diversity reflects human history.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2007
Legras Jean-Luc, Merdinoglu Didier, Cornuet Jean-Marie, Karst Francis
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Fermented beverages and foods have played a significant role in most societies worldwide for millennia. To better understand how the yeast species Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the main fermenting agent, evolved along this historical and expansion process, we analysed the genetic diversity among 651 strains from 56 different geographical origins, worldwide. Their genotyping at 12 microsatellite loci revealed 575...
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