Beetle poop may have helped shape millions of years of yeast evolution

November 3, 2026 · 2:40 pm 1 sources

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• Beetle poop may have helped shape millions of years of yeast evolution
  Phys.org · November 3, 2026 14:40
  University at Buffalo scientists have found evidence that different species of yeast have shared genes originally acquired from an ancient virus—and the guts and droppings of beetles may have helped make it happen.