New insights on the evolution of the sweet taste receptor of primates adapted to harsh environments Tamrin, NAM, Zainudin, R, Esa, Y, Alias, H, Isa, MNM, Croft, Laurence and Abdullah, MT 2020, New insights on the evolution of the sweet taste receptor of primates adapted to harsh environments, Animals, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 1-16, doi: 10.3390/ani10122359. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title New insights on the evolution of the sweet taste receptor of primates adapted to harsh environments Author(s) Tamrin, NAM Zainudin, R Esa, Y Alias, H Isa, MNM Croft, Laurence orcid.org/0000-0001-8471-2408 Abdullah, MT Journal name Animals Volume number 10 Issue number 12 Start page 1 End page 16 Total pages 16 Publisher MDPI AG Place of publication Basel, Switzerland Publication date 2020 ISSN 2076-2615 Keyword(s) primate phylogenetic sweet taste receptor gene diet preference divergence date late Miocene Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science Veterinary Sciences Agriculture PHYLOGENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS BRANISELLA-BOLIVIANA MIDDLE EOCENE BODY-SIZE EL-NINO MIOCENE PLATYRRHINE EXPANSION SEQUENCE PONDAUNG Summary 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. Language eng DOI 10.3390/ani10122359 Indigenous content off Field of Research 0502 Environmental Science and Management 0608 Zoology 0702 Animal Production HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30146502 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 07 Jan 2021, 13:31:09 EST Fri, 08 Jan 2021, 04:02:12 EST Fri, 08 Jan 2021, 05:06:41 EST Sat, 16 Jan 2021, 01:30:43 EST Fri, 22 Jan 2021, 13:41:13 EST Fri, 22 Jan 2021, 13:42:19 EST Fri, 22 Jan 2021, 15:06:38 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 27 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 07 Jan 2021, 13:31:09 EST

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