Whole genome duplications (WGDs) are one of the most dramatic mutations that can be
found in nature. The effects of WGD vary dramatically but can have profound impacts on an …

Background Symbiotic relationships between microbes and their hosts are widespread and
diverse, often providing protection or nutrients, and may be either obligate or facultative. …

The Saccharomycotina yeasts (“yeasts” hereafter) are a fungal clade of scientific, economic,
and medical significance. Yeasts are highly ecologically diverse, found across a broad …

The distributions of many Northern Hemisphere organisms have been influenced by
fluctuations in sea level and climatic conditions during Pleistocene interglacial periods. These …

Siderophores are crucial for iron-scavenging in microorganisms. While many yeasts can
uptake siderophores produced by other organisms, they are typically unable to synthesize …

Advances in sequencing technology have resulted in the expectation that genomic studies
will become more representative of organismal diversity. To test this expectation, we explored …

Sequence annotation is fundamental for studying the evolution of protein families, particularly
when working with nonmodel species. Given the rapid, ever-increasing number of species …

Background Eukaryotic genes typically form independent evolutionary lineages through
either speciation or gene duplication events. Generally, gene copies resulting from speciation …

Interpreting protein function from sequence data is a fundamental goal of bioinformatics.
However, our current understanding of protein diversity is bottlenecked by the fact that most …

Aim Polyploids have been theorized to occur more frequently in environments that are subjected
to severe conditions or sudden disruptions. Here we test the expectation that polyploid …