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- W4309995208 abstract "ABSTRACT Chemosensory-driven hostplant specialization is a major force mediating insect ecological adaptation and speciation. Drosophila sechellia , a species endemic to the Seychelles islands, feeds and oviposits on Morinda citrifolia almost exclusively. This fruit is harmless to D. sechellia but toxic to other Drosophilidae , including the closely related generalists D. simulans and D. melanogaster , due to its high content of fatty acids. While several olfactory adaptations mediating D. sechellia’s preference for its host have been uncovered, the role of taste has been much less examined. We found that D. sechellia has reduced taste and feeding aversion to bitter compounds and host fatty acids that are aversive to D. melanogaster and D. simulans . The loss of aversion to canavanine, coumarin, and fatty acids arose in the D. sechellia lineage, as its sister species D. simulans showed responses akin to those of D. melanogaster. D. sechellia has increased taste and feeding responses towards M. citrifolia . These results are in line with D. sechellia’s loss of genes encoding bitter gustatory receptors (GRs) in D. melanogaster . We found that two GR genes which are lost in D. sechellia , GR39a.a and GR28b.a , influence the reduction of aversive responses to some bitter compounds. Also, D. sechellia has increased appetite for a prominent host fatty acid compound that is toxic to its relatives. Our results support the hypothesis that changes in the taste system, specifically a reduction of sensitivity to bitter compounds that deter generalist ancestors, contribute to the specialization of D. sechellia for its host. Summary statement Taste specializations in the specialist Drosophila sechellia include a lineage-specific reduced sensitivity to bitter compounds associated with losses of gustatory receptors, and increased appetite for Noni and host fatty acids." @default.
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- W4309995208 date "2022-11-23" @default.
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- W4309995208 title "Taste adaptations associated with host-specialization in the specialist<i>Drosophila sechellia</i>" @default.
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