Baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is widely used as a laboratory model system. We have been studying its nearest wild relatives, S. paradoxus and S. cariocanus, in order to be able to use powerful yeast biotechnology to study natural populations.
Related Publications
- Greig, D., Bell, G. & Reuter, M. 2007. Increased outbreeding in yeast in response to dispersal by an insect vector. Current Biology 17: R81-R83.
- Koufopanou, V., Hughes, J., Bell, G. & Burt, A. 2006. The spatial scale of genetic differentiation in a model organism: the wild yeast Saccharomyces paradoxus. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 361: 1941-1946.
Wild yeast grows on the bark and leaves of hardwood trees.