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- Title
Crossbreeding of Yeasts Domesticated for Fermentation: Infertility Challenges.
- Authors
Fukuda, Nobuo
- Abstract
Sexual reproduction is almost a universal feature of eukaryotic organisms, which allows the reproduction of new organisms by combining the genetic information from two individuals of different sexes. Based on the mechanism of sexual reproduction, crossbreeding provides an attractive opportunity to improve the traits of animals, plants, and fungi. The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been widely utilized in fermentative production since ancient times. Currently it is still used for many essential biotechnological processes including the production of beer, wine, and biofuels. It is surprising that many yeast strains used in the industry exhibit low rates of sporulation resulting in limited crossbreeding efficiency. Here, I provide an overview of the recent findings about infertility challenges of yeasts domesticated for fermentation along with the progress in crossbreeding technologies. The aim of this review is to create an opportunity for future crossbreeding of yeasts used for fermentation.
- Subjects
INFERTILITY; YEAST; FERMENTATION; SACCHAROMYCES cerevisiae; CROSSBREEDING; BEER brewing; REPRODUCTION
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 21, p7985
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms21217985