New insights on the evolution of the sweet taste receptor of primates adapted to harsh environments
Taste perception is an essential function that provides valuable dietary and sensory information, which is crucial for the survival of animals. Studies into the evolution of the sweet taste receptor gene (TAS1R2) are scarce, especially for Bornean endemic primates such as Nasalis larvatus (proboscis...
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| author | Md Tamrin, Nur Aida Zainudin, Ramlah Esa, Yuzine Alias, Halimah Mat Isa, Mohd Noor Croft, Laurence Abdullah, Mohd Tajuddin |
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| description | Taste perception is an essential function that provides valuable dietary and sensory information, which is crucial for the survival of animals. Studies into the evolution of the sweet taste receptor gene (TAS1R2) are scarce, especially for Bornean endemic primates such as Nasalis larvatus (proboscis monkey), Pongo pygmaeus (Bornean orangutan), and Hylobates muelleri (Muller’s Bornean gibbon). Primates are the perfect taxa to study as they are diverse dietary feeders, comprising specialist folivores, frugivores, gummivores, herbivores, and omnivores. We constructed phylogenetic trees of the TAS1R2 gene for 20 species of anthropoid primates using four different methods (neighbor-joining, maximum parsimony, maximum-likelihood, and Bayesian) and also established the time divergence of the phylogeny. The phylogeny successfully separated the primates into their taxonomic groups as well as by their dietary preferences. Of note, the reviewed time of divergence estimation for the primate speciation pattern in this study was more recent than the previously published estimates. It is believed that this difference may be due to environmental changes, such as food scarcity and climate change, during the late Miocene epoch, which forced primates to change their dietary preferences. These findings provide a starting point for further investigation. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-868972022-01-03T04:02:03Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86897/ New insights on the evolution of the sweet taste receptor of primates adapted to harsh environments Md Tamrin, Nur Aida Zainudin, Ramlah Esa, Yuzine Alias, Halimah Mat Isa, Mohd Noor Croft, Laurence Abdullah, Mohd Tajuddin Taste perception is an essential function that provides valuable dietary and sensory information, which is crucial for the survival of animals. Studies into the evolution of the sweet taste receptor gene (TAS1R2) are scarce, especially for Bornean endemic primates such as Nasalis larvatus (proboscis monkey), Pongo pygmaeus (Bornean orangutan), and Hylobates muelleri (Muller’s Bornean gibbon). Primates are the perfect taxa to study as they are diverse dietary feeders, comprising specialist folivores, frugivores, gummivores, herbivores, and omnivores. We constructed phylogenetic trees of the TAS1R2 gene for 20 species of anthropoid primates using four different methods (neighbor-joining, maximum parsimony, maximum-likelihood, and Bayesian) and also established the time divergence of the phylogeny. The phylogeny successfully separated the primates into their taxonomic groups as well as by their dietary preferences. Of note, the reviewed time of divergence estimation for the primate speciation pattern in this study was more recent than the previously published estimates. It is believed that this difference may be due to environmental changes, such as food scarcity and climate change, during the late Miocene epoch, which forced primates to change their dietary preferences. These findings provide a starting point for further investigation. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020-12-10 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86897/1/New%20insights%20on%20the%20evolution.pdf Md Tamrin, Nur Aida and Zainudin, Ramlah and Esa, Yuzine and Alias, Halimah and Mat Isa, Mohd Noor and Croft, Laurence and Abdullah, Mohd Tajuddin (2020) New insights on the evolution of the sweet taste receptor of primates adapted to harsh environments. Animals, 10 (12). art. no. 2359. pp. 1-16. ISSN 2076-2615 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/12/2359 10.3390/ani10122359 |
| spellingShingle | Md Tamrin, Nur Aida Zainudin, Ramlah Esa, Yuzine Alias, Halimah Mat Isa, Mohd Noor Croft, Laurence Abdullah, Mohd Tajuddin New insights on the evolution of the sweet taste receptor of primates adapted to harsh environments |
| title | New insights on the evolution of the sweet taste receptor of primates adapted to harsh environments |
| title_full | New insights on the evolution of the sweet taste receptor of primates adapted to harsh environments |
| title_fullStr | New insights on the evolution of the sweet taste receptor of primates adapted to harsh environments |
| title_full_unstemmed | New insights on the evolution of the sweet taste receptor of primates adapted to harsh environments |
| title_short | New insights on the evolution of the sweet taste receptor of primates adapted to harsh environments |
| title_sort | new insights on the evolution of the sweet taste receptor of primates adapted to harsh environments |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86897/1/New%20insights%20on%20the%20evolution.pdf |
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