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Genetic background shapes the transcriptional activity and phenotypic contribution of a horizontally acquired region in yeast.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Aug 2026
Romero Andrés, Bastías Camila, De Chiara Matteo, Saayman Xanita, Cherkaoui Hajar, Barré Benjamin, Cubillos Francisco A, Martínez Claudio, Kessi-Pérez Eduardo I, Liti Gianni, Salinas Francisco
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Horizontal gene transfer is the movement of genetic material across species. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a DNA segment known as Region B was acquired horizontally from a distant yeast species. This region (∼17 Kb) encodes five genes and is present in the genomes of yeast strains from different phylogenetic clades. Interestingly, the presence of Region B is not restricted to yeast strains isolated from...
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