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Humans Domesticated Yeast Through Bread-Making: Study
Humans Domesticated Yeast Through Bread-Making: Study
Over centuries of cultivating Saccharomyces cerevisiae to make dough, bakers have put selective pressure on the species, causing it to diverge into two distinct groups, according to the authors.
Over centuries of cultivating Saccharomyces cerevisiae to make dough, bakers have put selective pressure on the species, causing it to diverge into two distinct groups, according to the authors.
beer, genetics & genomics
Beer Yeast Identified
Jef Akst | Aug 23, 2011 | 1 min read
A new yeast species found in Patagonia appears to be the missing half of the long-used lager yeast.