Division of labour in the yeast: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Division of labour in the yeast : Saccharomyces cerevisiae. / Wloch-Salamon, Dominika M.; Fisher, Roberta May; Regenberg, Birgitte.
In: Yeast, Vol. 34, No. 10, 10.2017, p. 399-406.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Division of labour in the yeast
T2 - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
AU - Wloch-Salamon, Dominika M.
AU - Fisher, Roberta May
AU - Regenberg, Birgitte
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - Division of labour between different specialized cell types is a central part of how we describe complexity in multicellular organisms. However, it is increasingly being recognized that division of labour also plays an important role in the lives of predominantly unicellular organisms. Saccharomyces cerevisiae displays several phenotypes that could be considered a division of labour, including quiescence, apoptosis and biofilm formation, but they have not been explicitly treated as such. We discuss each of these examples, using a definition of division of labour that involves phenotypic variation between cells within a population, cooperation between cells performing different tasks and maximization of the inclusive fitness of all cells involved. We then propose future research directions and possible experimental tests using S. cerevisiae as a model organism for understanding the genetic mechanisms and selective pressures that can lead to the evolution of the very first stages of a division of labour.
AB - Division of labour between different specialized cell types is a central part of how we describe complexity in multicellular organisms. However, it is increasingly being recognized that division of labour also plays an important role in the lives of predominantly unicellular organisms. Saccharomyces cerevisiae displays several phenotypes that could be considered a division of labour, including quiescence, apoptosis and biofilm formation, but they have not been explicitly treated as such. We discuss each of these examples, using a definition of division of labour that involves phenotypic variation between cells within a population, cooperation between cells performing different tasks and maximization of the inclusive fitness of all cells involved. We then propose future research directions and possible experimental tests using S. cerevisiae as a model organism for understanding the genetic mechanisms and selective pressures that can lead to the evolution of the very first stages of a division of labour.
KW - altruism
KW - cell types
KW - cooperation
KW - differentiation
KW - sociomicrobiology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85028341343&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/yea.3241
DO - 10.1002/yea.3241
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28681487
AN - SCOPUS:85028341343
VL - 34
SP - 399
EP - 406
JO - Yeast
JF - Yeast
SN - 0749-503X
IS - 10
ER -
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