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Independent domestication events in the blue-cheese fungus Penicillium roqueforti.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2020
Dumas Emilie, Feurtey Alice, Rodríguez de la Vega Ricardo C, Le Prieur Stéphanie, Snirc Alodie, Coton Monika, Thierry Anne, Coton Emmanuel, Le Piver Mélanie, Roueyre Daniel, Ropars Jeanne, Branca Antoine, Giraud Tatiana
Abstract excerpt
Domestication provides an excellent framework for studying adaptive divergence. Using population genomics and phenotypic assays, we reconstructed the domestication history of the blue cheese mould Penicillium roqueforti. We showed that this fungus was domesticated twice independently. The population used in Roquefort originated from an old domestication event associated with weak bottlenecks and exhibited traits...
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