This month’s Genome Watch highlights a large-scale sequencing project that enriches our understanding of yeast evolution and diversity.
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Calhoun, S., Mondo, S.J. & Grigoriev, I.V. Yeasts and how they came to be. Nat Rev Microbiol 17, 649 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-019-0274-6
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