Metschnikowia Species Share a Pool of Diverse rRNA Genes Differing in Regions That Determine Hairpin-Loop Structures and Evolve by Reticulation.
Modern taxonomy of yeasts is mainly based on phylogenetic analysis of conserved DNA and protein sequences.By far the most frequently used sequences are those of the repeats of the chromosomal rDNA array.It is generally accepted that the rDNA repeats of a genome have identical sequences due to the Kitchen Cart phenomenon of sequence homogenisation a