the evolution of multicellularity. agenda evolution overview microevolution and macroevolution...
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The Evolution of Multicellularity
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agenda
• Evolution overview
• Microevolution and macroevolution
• Evolution of multicellularity--a laboratory investigation
• possible hypotheses
• experimental design
• data collection and analyses
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Evolution & Natural Selection
• evolution: descent with modification
• a population-level phenomenon!
• what causes populations to evolve?
• how do we know evolution has occurred?
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mechanisms of change
• mutation
• migration, or gene flow
• genetic drift*
• natural selection*
• *require genetic variation
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genetic variation comes from:
• mutation
• gene flow
• sex (outcrossing, or genetic exchange)
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NATURAL SELECTION:
1. VARIATION2. DIFFERENTIAL REPRODUCTION
3. HEREDITY4. ADAPTIVE CHANGE
above from: evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_01
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• microevolution: evolution on a small scale--specifically, the genetic changes that occur from one generation to the next in a single population
• macroevolution: evolution on a grand scale--specifically, speciation or evolutionary milestones such as the origin of eukaryotes, multicellularity, or vertebrates
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• but, are they really different?
“If you accept microevolution, you get
macroevolution for free.”
-Carl Zimmer
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How did multicellular beings arise from unicellular organisms?
unicellular yeast
multicellular animal
*note: we do not mean to imply that penguins arose from bakers yeast!
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requirements• Cells adhere together, forming clusters or
filaments.
• Natural selection starts acting at the level of groups, not just single cells. You need:
• 1- Variation in group-level traits that affect the survival or reproduction of groups.
• 2-These group-level traits to be heritable.
• The result: Multicellular adaptations, like cellular communication and division of labor.
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Ratcliff et al. (2012) in a nutshell
• Selected on single-celled baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) for fast settling through liquid media.
• in a few generations, populations exhibited an increase in the number of “snowflake”-like clusters of yeast
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Selection for faster settling
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unicellular ancestor
snowflake yeast after 14
transferssnowflake
yeast after 60 transfers
Ratcliff et al. (2012) in a nutshell
snowflake yeast evolved to be larger and faster settling
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Ratcliff et al. (2012) in a nutshell
• Every cell in early snowflake yeast clusters was similar.
• Eventually, snowflake yeast evolved a primitive division of labor: some cells in the cluster commit suicide. These cells that die become “break points”, helping the cluster to bud off new juvenile snowflake yeast clusters.
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The red cells have died from programm
ed cell death When the
designated cells die, at
that breaking point (red
areas), part of the cluster
breaks off and starts a new cluster.
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Time-lapse microscopy of a snowflake yeast cluster
reproducing
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your task: create the conditions for the evolution of
multicellularity in lab
• option A: modeled on Ratcliff et al.’s (2012) experiment
• gravitational selection for snowflake yeast from unicellular ancestors
• selection for either faster or slower settling (divergent selection) in a snowflake ancestor
• option B: a related experiment of your choice
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the organisms
• S. cerevisae, strain Y55
• a typical, unicellular yeast, isolated from a grape in a French vinyard
• S. cerevisae, strain Y55_wk3
• A Y55 isolate that has already undergone three weeks of gravitational selection
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plan your experiment!
• How many replicates? How many yeast cultures?
• Carefully label your tubes!
• strain, date, transfer/day #, selection scheme, etc.
• Discuss your hypothesis and protocol prior to beginning your experiment
• Test yourself: what would data that supports or falsifies your hypothesis look like? Draw the graphs and explain them.
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A. selection for faster settling
B. selection for slower settling
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data-collection options
• 1. cells per cluster
• 2. cell size
• 3. settling speed
• *measures 1 and 3 can be reported and graphed for the entire class
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Option B possibilities
• Explore possible benefits of multicellularity
• is size adaptive? are clusters of yeast better able to evade predation (by Daphnia or rotifers, for example)?
• are clusters more resistant to antibiotics? UV light?
• Explore conditions that would favor unicells over multicellular organisms
• The possibilities are endless!
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points to ponder
• advantages of multicellularity
• disadvantages of multicellularity
• What is the difference between a multicellular organism, and a cluster of cells?
• is this transition reversible?
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additional resources
• experimental summaries, photos and video available at micropop.org
• a primer on evolution: evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_01
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credits
• Will Ratcliff
• Allison Raney
• Samuel Westreich
• Sehoya Cotner
• TA’s, laboratory staff, and students enrolled in Biology 2012 and Biology 2005 at the University of Minnesota
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miscellany
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This procedure creates gravitational selection: taking the cells that settle to the bottom the fastest.
After shaking the tube, then letting it sit for 10 minutes, the bottom amount is transferred to new liquid medium.
0 7 14 28 35 42 6021
# of transfers with selection for settling
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Breakage provides weak points where daughters can break off. This lets the snowflakes make more offspring while leaving the parent large enough to sink quickly to the base of the tube, ensuring its survival