S. pombe wild type strains genomes. S. pombe wild type strains genomes

Most fission yeast researchers use strains derived from Leupold’s 972 isolate and that was the strain sequenced by the Sanger Institute and defining the reference genome for S. pombe. However, in strain collections all over the world there are over 100 different wild isolates not related to Leupold’s 972 isolate. To date nothing is known about the natural variability existing in wild S. pombe populations. This project aims to sequence 8 new strains of S. pombe and provides insight into the S. pombe variability.