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dc.contributor.author | Morel, Guillaume | |
dc.contributor.author | Sterck, Lieven | |
dc.contributor.author | Swennen, Dominique | |
dc.contributor.author | Marcet-Houben, Marina | |
dc.contributor.author | Onesime, Djamila | |
dc.contributor.author | Levasseur, Anthony | |
dc.contributor.author | Jacques, Noémie | |
dc.contributor.author | Mallet, Sandrine | |
dc.contributor.author | Couloux, Arnaux | |
dc.contributor.author | Labadie, Karine | |
dc.contributor.author | Amselem, Joëlle | |
dc.contributor.author | Beckerich, Jean-Marie | |
dc.contributor.author | Henrissat, Bernard | |
dc.contributor.author | Van de Peer, Yves | |
dc.contributor.author | Wincker, Patrick | |
dc.contributor.author | Souciet, Jean-Luc | |
dc.contributor.author | Gabaldón, Toni | |
dc.contributor.author | Tinsley, Colin R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Casaregola, Serge | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-14T06:09:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-08-14T06:09:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-06 | |
dc.description.abstract | The evolutionary history of the characters underlying the adaptation of microorganisms to food and biotechnological uses is poorly understood. We undertook comparative genomics to investigate evolutionary relationships of the dairy yeast Geotrichum candidum within Saccharomycotina. Surprisingly, a remarkable proportion of genes showed discordant phylogenies, clustering with the filamentous fungus subphylum (Pezizomycotina), rather than the yeast subphylum (Saccharomycotina), of the Ascomycota. These genes appear not to be the result of Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT), but to have been specifically retained by G. candidum after the filamentous fungi– yeasts split concomitant with the yeasts’ genome contraction. We refer to these genes as SRAGs (Specifically Retained Ancestral Genes), having been lost by all or nearly all other yeasts, and thus contributing to the phenotypic specificity of lineages. SRAG functions include lipases consistent with a role in cheese making and novel endoglucanases associated with degradation of plant material. Similar gene retention was observed in three other distantly related yeasts representative of this ecologically diverse subphylum. The phenomenon thus appears to be widespread in the Saccharomycotina and argues that, alongside neo-functionalization following gene duplication and HGT, specific gene retention must be recognized as an important mechanism for generation of biodiversity and adaptation in yeasts. | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | hb2015 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | CIFRE fellowship from ANRT and the Centre National Interprofessionnel de l’Economie Laitière (http://www.maison-du-lait.com/fr/les-organisations/ cniel). ANR [French national research agency] grant under the ALIA “Food Microbiomes” project (ANR-08-ALIA-007-02) and an INRA grant under the AIP Bioressources “CRB CIRM” project. | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.nature.com/srep | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Morel, G, Sterck, L, Swennen, D, Marcet-Houben, M et al 2015, 'Differential gene retention as an evolutionary mechanism to generate biodiversity and adaptation in yeasts', Scientific Reports, vol. 5, art. #11571, pp. 1-17. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1038/srep11571 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/49313 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group (open access) | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2015 Morel et al. This is an open-access article.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Differential gene | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Evolutionary mechanism | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Generate biodiversity | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Adaptation in yeasts | en_ZA |
dc.title | Differential gene retention as an evolutionary mechanism to generate biodiversity and adaptation in yeasts | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |