|
 
- 积分
- 17983
- 威望
- 17983
- 包包
- 26159
|
0 B! ]( F1 f1 f& w0 Q1 X# B
4 W' {. T' f9 o- \
On the cover: Developmental mechanisms generate 1 k+ v* D) W/ ?
interspecies hybrids that cannot propagate, as alluded to by the artist's
5 B/ T' o' X) A Tdepiction of the mythical Minotaur's labyrinth on the cover. However, even " b2 i5 d8 M" o
socially na?ve animals rarely mate with members of other species. The mechanisms & g7 o/ @' Z5 b) d4 D
that control such behavioral reproductive isolation, an important tenet of ! G' S7 l N1 T; S$ l
evolution, are not well understood. As depicted on the cover, male flies tap . j9 K$ |5 i; V4 |
other flies with their foreleg prior to attempting to mate. Fan et al. (pp.
+ A& \& p' J% Y# z) j' i7 K' F89–102) show that foreleg removal permits males to mate with flies of other 2 ^% i! j. K* j" o1 }
species. Activation of foreleg neurons expressing the chemoreceptor Gr32a is
6 [8 |% ~! l3 h5 \# ?necessary and sufficient to inhibit interspecies courtship by D. * l7 ]7 H! u/ P( h$ N1 F, B
melanogastermales. Gr32a is required to detect aversive hydrocarbons found . G6 t7 J3 Y8 | h+ f: ?
on the cuticle of other drosophilid species, and one such hydrocarbon,
" U& t5 Q! ]+ C4 Nz-11-pentacosene, is visible on the female fly on the cover. Strikingly, female
1 b1 v, U- o7 n8 u4 e* Hflies utilize a Gr32a-independent mechanism to reject males of other species,
, ^+ m) C2 B3 Ywith the cover depicting the female fly rejecting the male who is tapping her.
) c8 Q2 J/ m4 {# s, @6 VCover art by Julie Newdoll. 7 t* L V' V# f% h0 o: F# f
/ P) Y4 g9 t+ E V; ~ |
-
总评分: 威望 + 40
包包 + 40
查看全部评分
|