Mutations in the neverland Gene Turned Drosophila pachea into an Obligate Specialist Species-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Mutations in the neverland Gene Turned Drosophila pachea into an Obligate Specialist Species

Published:2012-09-28 Issue:6102 Volume:337 Page:1658-1661
ISSN:0036-8075
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Author:

Lang Michael¹,Murat Sophie¹²,Clark Andrew G.³,Gouppil Géraldine¹,Blais Catherine²,Matzkin Luciano M.⁴,Guittard Émilie²,Yoshiyama-Yanagawa Takuji⁵⁶,Kataoka Hiroshi⁶,Niwa Ryusuke⁵,Lafont René²,Dauphin-Villemant Chantal²,Orgogozo Virginie¹²

Affiliation:

1. CNRS UMR7592, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Jacques Monod, 15 rue Hélène Brion, 75205 Paris cedex 13, France.

2. Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, CNRS, Bâtiment A, 7 quai Saint Bernard, 75005 Paris, France.

3. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

4. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA.

5. Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennoudai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan.

6. Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan.

Abstract

Limiting Your Options Many species are dependent on specific resources that may limit their range of hosts to that of a few or even a single species. The restriction of the fly Drosophila pachea to senita cactus is a classic case of an ecological specialization. Lang et al. (p. 1658 ) reveal how multiple amino acid substitutions in the neverland gene have rendered D. pachea dependent upon the lathosterol of the senita cactus. Thus, relatively few genetic changes can play a large role in determining a species' ecological niche.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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