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Role of pheromone recognition systems in creating new species of fission yeast
Many species, from mammals to microorganisms, release sex pheromones to attract a potential partner of the opposite sex. The combination of a pheromone and its corresponding receptor determines the species-specific ability of males and females to recognize each other, and therefore causes reproducti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6444559/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30956973 http://dx.doi.org/10.15698/mic2019.04.675 |
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author | Seike, Taisuke Shimoda, Chikashi |
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description | Many species, from mammals to microorganisms, release sex pheromones to attract a potential partner of the opposite sex. The combination of a pheromone and its corresponding receptor determines the species-specific ability of males and females to recognize each other, and therefore causes reproductive isolation. This barrier, which has arisen to restrict gene flow between mating pairs, might facilitate reproductive isolation leading to incipient speciation, but how do new combinations of pheromone and receptor evolve? Our recent study demonstrated an “asymmetric” pheromone recognition system in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe: among the two pheromone/receptor pairs in this yeast, recognition between one pair is stringent, while that between the other pair is rather relaxed. We speculate that the asymmetric properties of these pheromone recognition systems are beneficial for gradual evolution resulting in reproductive isolation in yeasts. |
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spelling | pubmed-64445592019-04-05 Role of pheromone recognition systems in creating new species of fission yeast Seike, Taisuke Shimoda, Chikashi Microb Cell Microreview Many species, from mammals to microorganisms, release sex pheromones to attract a potential partner of the opposite sex. The combination of a pheromone and its corresponding receptor determines the species-specific ability of males and females to recognize each other, and therefore causes reproductive isolation. This barrier, which has arisen to restrict gene flow between mating pairs, might facilitate reproductive isolation leading to incipient speciation, but how do new combinations of pheromone and receptor evolve? Our recent study demonstrated an “asymmetric” pheromone recognition system in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe: among the two pheromone/receptor pairs in this yeast, recognition between one pair is stringent, while that between the other pair is rather relaxed. We speculate that the asymmetric properties of these pheromone recognition systems are beneficial for gradual evolution resulting in reproductive isolation in yeasts. Shared Science Publishers OG 2019-03-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6444559/ /pubmed/30956973 http://dx.doi.org/10.15698/mic2019.04.675 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article released under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows the unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are acknowledged. |
spellingShingle | Microreview Seike, Taisuke Shimoda, Chikashi Role of pheromone recognition systems in creating new species of fission yeast |
title | Role of pheromone recognition systems in creating new species of fission yeast |
title_full | Role of pheromone recognition systems in creating new species of fission yeast |
title_fullStr | Role of pheromone recognition systems in creating new species of fission yeast |
title_full_unstemmed | Role of pheromone recognition systems in creating new species of fission yeast |
title_short | Role of pheromone recognition systems in creating new species of fission yeast |
title_sort | role of pheromone recognition systems in creating new species of fission yeast |
topic | Microreview |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6444559/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30956973 http://dx.doi.org/10.15698/mic2019.04.675 |
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