▁similarity ▁to ▁the ▁well - stud ied ▁ye ast ▁model -- S ac char omy ces ▁c ere vis iae . ▁As ▁a ▁model ▁organ ism ▁for ▁bi ology , ▁S . ▁c ere vis iae ▁have ▁been ▁well ▁studied ▁for ▁dec ades ▁and ▁used ▁by ▁research ers ▁for ▁various ▁purposes ▁throughout ▁history . ▁The ▁two ▁ye ast ▁gener a ; ▁P ich ia ▁and ▁Sac char omy ces , ▁have ▁similar ▁growth ▁conditions ▁and ▁toler ances ; ▁thus , ▁the ▁culture ▁of ▁P . ▁past oris ▁can ▁be ▁adopted ▁by ▁l abs ▁without ▁many ▁modifications . ▁Moreover , ▁unlike ▁S . ▁c ere vis iae , ▁P . ▁past oris ▁has ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁function ally ▁process ▁prote ins ▁with ▁large ▁mole cular ▁weight , ▁which ▁is ▁useful ▁in ▁a ▁transl ational ▁host . ▁Consider ing ▁all ▁the ▁advantages , ▁P . ▁past oris ▁can ▁be ▁use fully ▁employed ▁as ▁both ▁a ▁gen etic ▁and ▁experimental ▁model ▁organ ism . ▁ ▁P . ▁past oris ▁as ▁a ▁gen etic ▁model ▁organ ism ▁As ▁a ▁gen etic ▁model ▁organ ism , ▁P . ▁past oris ▁can ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁gen etic ▁analysis ▁and ▁large - scale ▁gen etic ▁crossing , ▁with ▁complete ▁gen ome ▁data ▁and ▁its ▁ability ▁to ▁carry ▁out ▁complex ▁e uk ary otic ▁gen etic ▁processing ▁in ▁a ▁relatively ▁small ▁gen ome . ▁The ▁functional ▁gen es ▁for ▁per ox is ome ▁assembly ▁were ▁investig ated ▁by ▁comparing ▁wild - type ▁and ▁mut ant ▁stra ins ▁of ▁P . ▁past