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GW150914 on April 14, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Yeast Probably Originated in China

The first yeast originated hundreds of millions of years ago, and 1,500 species are currently identified.[1][2][3]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast

drb311 on April 14, 2018 [–]

Yes it originated hundreds of millions of years ago. And this new research indicates it was probably in China. (The land not the civilisation.)

icegreentea2 on April 14, 2018 | [–]

No, the research says that Saccharomyces cerevisiae probably emerged in China, not all yeast.

I think the point is that the article hopelessly uses the term 'yeast'.

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