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Opulente DA*, Leavitt LaBella A*, Harrison MC, Wolters JF, Liu C, Li Y, Kominek J, Steenwyk JL, Stoneman HR, VanDenAvond J. Genomic and ecological factors shaping specialism and generalism across an entire subphylum. bioRxiv: 2023.06. 19.545611. *Co-First Authors
Gonçalves C, Harrison MC, Steenwyk JL, Opulente DA, LaBella AL, Wolters JF, Zhou X, Shen XX, Groenewald M, Hittinger CT, Rokas A. Diverse signatures of convergent evolution in cacti-associated yeasts. bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 17. https://doi.org/10.1101%2F2023.09.14.557833
Harrison MC, Ubbelohde EJ, LaBella AL, Opulente DA, Wolters JF, Zhou X, Shen XX, Groenewald M, Hittinger CT, Rokas A. Machine learning enables identification of an alternative yeast galactose utilization pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2024 Apr 30;121(18):e2315314121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2315314121
David KT, Harrison MC, Opulente DA, LaBella AL, Wolters JF, Zhou X, Shen XX, Groenewald M, Pennell M, Hittinger CT, Rokas A. Saccharomycotina yeasts defy longstanding macroecological patterns. PNAS 2024 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2316031121
Sun L, David KT, Wolters JF, Karlen SD, Goncalves C, Opulente DA, LaBella AL, Groenewald M, Zhou X, Shen XX, Rokas A. Functional and evolutionary integration of a fungal gene with a bacterial operon. MBE 2024 https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae045
Groenewald M, Hittinger CT, Bensch K, Opulente DA, Shen XX, Li Y, Liu C, LaBella AL, Zhou X, Limtong S, Jindamorakot S. A genome-informed higher rank classification of the biotechnologically important fungal subphylum Saccharomycotina. Studies in Mycology. 2023 Mar. https://doi.org/10.3114/sim.2023.105.01
Wolters JF, LaBella AL, Opulente DA, Rokas A, Hittinger CT. Mitochondrial genome diversity across the subphylum Saccharomycotina. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2023;14.