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TWiEVO 47: On the origin of beer species

  • September 19, 2019
  • Tagged as: admixture, ale, allele, beer yeast, evolution, fermentation, lager, natural selection, polyploidy, recombination, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, wine

Nels and Vincent trace the origins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains used to make beer, and find that ales and lagers are made with yeasts that were derived from those used to make European grape wine and Asian rice wine.

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