| Sources of variation in dietary requirements in an obligate nutritional symbiosis. | |
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PMID: 20667882 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The nutritional symbiosis between aphids and their obligate symbiont, Buchnera aphidicola, is often characterized as a highly functional partnership in which the symbiont provides the host with essential nutrients. Despite this, some aphid lineages exhibit dietary requirements for nutrients typically synthesized by Buchnera, suggesting that some aspect of the symbiosis is disrupted. To examine this phenomenon in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, populations were assayed using defined artificial diet to determine dietary requirements for essential amino acids (EAAs). Six clones exhibiting dependence on EAAs in their diet were investigated further. In one aphid clone, a mutation in a Buchnera amino acid biosynthesis gene could account for the clone's requirement for dietary arginine. Analysis of aphid F1 hybrids allowed separation of effects of the host and symbiont genomes, and revealed that both affect the requirement for dietary EAAs in the clones tested. Amino acid requirements were minimally affected by secondary symbiont infection. Our results indicate that variation among pea aphids in dependence on dietary amino acids can result from Buchnera mutation as well as variation in the host genotype. |
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Authors:
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Kevin J Vogel; Nancy A Moran |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Date: 2010-07-28 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society Volume: 278 ISSN: 1471-2954 ISO Abbreviation: Proc. Biol. Sci. Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2010-11-24 Completed Date: 2011-03-02 Revised Date: 2012-01-09 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101245157 Medline TA: Proc Biol Sci Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 115-21 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. kjvogel@email.arizona.edu |
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Amino Acids, Essential
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metabolism* Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / physiology* Animals Aphids / genetics, microbiology* Buchnera / genetics, physiology* Crosses, Genetic Diet* Genotype INDEL Mutation / genetics Least-Squares Analysis Sequence Analysis, DNA Symbiosis* |
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0/Amino Acids, Essential |
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