Early origin of sugar sensing in jawed vertebrates
Qiaoyi Liang, Yasuka Toda, Pauline Affatato, Gentoku Kakizaki, Hitomi Kaname, Kayoko Suzuki, Tae Kuramoto, Meng‐Ching Ko, Maxime Policarpo, Julia F. Cramer, Akihiro Itoigawa, Keisuke Furumitsu, Keren R. Sadanandan, Shigehiro Kuraku, Atsuko Yamaguchi, , Maude W. Baldwin
This study investigates the evolutionary origin of sugar sensing in vertebrates, finding that it predates angiosperms and involves multiple independent T1R-based mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Aug 28, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology