Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 A Brief Introduction to Dictyostelium discoideum and its Relatives
- 2 A History of Research on Dictyostelium discoideum
- 3 The Evolutionary Biology of Dictyostelium
- 4 The Genome and Genetics
- 5 Membranes and Organelles of Dictyostelium
- 6 Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton
- 7 The Transition from Growth to Development: From Starvation to Self-Sustaining cAMP Signal Relay
- 8 Chemotaxis and Aggregation
- 9 Differentiation and Adhesion in the Aggregate
- 10 The Behavior of Cells in the Slug
- 11 Culmination
- 12 Formation and Germination of Spores
- 13 Resources
- References
- Index
- Plate section
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 A Brief Introduction to Dictyostelium discoideum and its Relatives
- 2 A History of Research on Dictyostelium discoideum
- 3 The Evolutionary Biology of Dictyostelium
- 4 The Genome and Genetics
- 5 Membranes and Organelles of Dictyostelium
- 6 Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton
- 7 The Transition from Growth to Development: From Starvation to Self-Sustaining cAMP Signal Relay
- 8 Chemotaxis and Aggregation
- 9 Differentiation and Adhesion in the Aggregate
- 10 The Behavior of Cells in the Slug
- 11 Culmination
- 12 Formation and Germination of Spores
- 13 Resources
- References
- Index
- Plate section
Summary

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- DictyosteliumEvolution, Cell Biology, and the Development of Multicellularity, pp. 227 - 284Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001