Stochastic phenotypic switching arises in response to directional selection in experimentally evolved multicellular yeast.

doi:10.1038/s42003-025-09414-9

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Stochastic phenotypic switching arises in response to directional selection in experimentally evolved multicellular yeast.

Communications biology - 27 Dec 2025

Baselga-Cervera Beatriz, Medina-Chávez Nahui Olin, Gettle Noah, Travisano Michael

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Phenotypic diversity in genetically homogenous populations has increasingly been recognized as potentially adaptive even under constant conditions. The origins of adaptive differentiation during major evolutionary transitions, such as the evolution of multicellularity and eusociality, are general...

Topics

Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Phenotype
Stochastic Processes
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
Selection, Genetic
Biological Evolution
Mutation
Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal

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