Science news articles about 'verstrepen'

  • A single gene leads yeast cells to cooperate against threats

    ... a mechanism similar to that seen in flocculating yeast. "Last but not least," says Verstrepen, "the findings are also of interest to brewers, who use the natural clumping of yeast cells to remove ...
  • What the social lives of brewer’s yeast say about evolution

    ... layer in essence wind up sacrificing themselves for the good of the group. Evolutionarily speaking, Verstrepen said, such a system should favor "cheaters" who might stand to gain protection from ...
  • Saved by junk DNA

    ... about 3% of the total human genome. The rest is basically one large black box', says Kevin Verstrepen, heading the research team. 'Why do we have this DNA, what is it doing?'. Scientists used to ...

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