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Update to domestication in regards to Guinness yeasts
** [https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.08.939314v2 "Domestication reprogrammed the budding yeast life cycle," De Chiara et al (2020).]
** Genome analysis of 1800 isolates from all ''Saccharomyces'' species by [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36139-2 Peris et al. (2023)] found that domesticated strains of ''S. cerevisiae'' displayed a higher rate of admixture (occurs when distinct lineages mix to create new genetic lineages) <ref name=Peris_2023" />.
* Guinness yeast strains form their own mosaic (distinct genetic grouping) that is different than other Irish brewing strains (which are closely related to British brewing strains). Their closest related yeast is a Belgian ale strain that was used for "lagers" and was originally misidentified as lager yeast. The authors of the study that discovered this suggest that this Belgian strain originated from Dublin brewers. The two currently used Guinness yeast strains are very closely related to the original strains that were originally banked by Guinness: the 1903 Watling Laboratory Guinness yeast <ref>[https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05587-3 Kerruish, D.W.M., Cormican, P., Kenny, E.M. et al. The origins of the Guinness stout yeast. Commun Biol 7, 68 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05587-3.]</ref>. See also [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/posts/7826465880714891/ this MTF post].
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