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Research on beer fermentation yeast reveals unexpected evolutionary process
November 10, 2023
MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 10 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news:

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison made an unexpected discovery while studying a strain of yeast closely related to the kind used to ferment beer -- they observed the yeast left half its genetic material behind while evolving.

Their study, published this week in the journal PLoS Biology, started with the straightforward goal of investigating a strain of t . . .

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