Slime Mold Presentation Paris
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fruiting body METAMORPHOSIS Protozoa Eukaryota Amoebozoa Mycetozoa Myxogastria Physarida Physotaaridae Physarum Physarum polycephalum of individual amoeba MOVEMENT flow through substrate simple random walk chemical signal emitted by each amoeba COMMUNICATION During this aggregation process, a chemical signal (cAMP) is emmited by cells to guide the col- lective movements pheromone, cAMP the emitted chemical force produces accumulation in the most densely inhabited zones. formation of multicellular body Physarum polycephalum 1 plasmodial slime molds (myxomycetes) (Physarum polycephalum) 2 cellular slime molds (dictyostelids) 3 slime nets-Labyrinthulomycota three groups of slime molds (eumycetozoans)
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fruiting bodyMETAMORPHOSIS
Protozoa
Eukaryota
Amoebozoa
Mycetozoa
Myxogastria
Physarida
Physotaaridae
Physarum
Physarum
polycephalum
of individual amoebaMOVEMENT
flow through substratesimple random walk
chemical signal emitted by each amoeba
COMMUNICATION
During this aggregation process, a chemical signal (cAMP) is emmited by cells to guide the col-lective movements
pheromone, cAMP
the emitted chemical force produces accumulation in the most densely inhabited zones.
formation of multicellular body
Physarum polycephalum
1 plasmodial slime molds (myxomycetes) (Physarum polycephalum) 2 cellular slime molds (dictyostelids)3 slime nets-Labyrinthulomycota
three groups of slime molds (eumycetozoans)