Fungi form a major and diverse component of most ecosystems on Earth. They are both
micro and macroorganisms with high and varying functional diversity as well as great …

In the past decade, advances in genome sequencing have allowed researchers to uncover
the history of hybridization in diverse groups of species, including our own. Although the …

Yeasts, usually defined as unicellular fungi, occur in various fungal lineages. Hence, they
are not a taxonomic unit, but rather represent a fungal lifestyle shared by several unrelated …

Polyploidy or whole-genome duplication (WGD) is a major event that drastically reshapes
genome architecture and is often assumed to be causally associated with organismal …

Highlights•Distant fungal lineages have been domesticated for cheese-or salami-
making.•Multiple independent domestication events occurred within fungal species.•Parallel …

Spontaneous fermentations that do not rely on backslopping or industrial starter cultures
were especially important to the early development of society and are still practiced around …

Almost all eukaryotes undergo sexual reproduction to generate diversity and select for
fitness in their population pools. Interestingly, the systems by which sex is defined are highly …

The evolutionary implications and frequency of hybridization and introgression are
increasingly being recognized across the tree of life. To detect hybridization from multi-locus …

Histoplasmosis is an endemic mycosis in North America frequently reported along the Ohio
and Mississippi River Valleys, although autochthonous cases occur in non-endemic areas …

Human‐associated microorganisms are ideal models to study the impact of environmental
changes on species evolution and adaptation because of their small genome, short …