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Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: Dictyostelium discoideum

Author(s) -

Pauline Schaap

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.754

H-Index - 325

eISSN - 1477-9129

pISSN - 0950-1991

DOI - 10.1242/dev.048934

Subject(s) - dictyostelium discoideum , multicellular organism , biology , dictyostelium , evolutionary biology , most recent common ancestor , phylogenetics , genetics , gene

Dictyostelium discoideum belongs to a group of multicellular life forms that can also exist for long periods as single cells. This ability to shift between uni- and multicellularity makes the group ideal for studying the genetic changes that occurred at the crossroads between uni- and multicellular life. In this Primer, I discuss the mechanisms that control multicellular development in Dictyostelium discoideum and reconstruct how some of these mechanisms evolved from a stress response in the unicellular ancestor.

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