The model organism Dictyostelium discoideum is a member of the Amoebozoa, one of the six major -divisions of eukaryotes. Amoebozoa comprise a wide variety of amoeboid and flagellate organisms with single cells measuring from 5 _m to several meters across. They have adopted many different life styles and sexual behaviors and can live in all but the most extreme environments. This chapter provides an overview of Amoebozoan diversity and compares roads towards multicellularity within the Amoebozoa
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The molecular basis of phenotypic evolution in social amoebas
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Bibliographic Information
Type: Book Chapter
Edition: 2nd ed. 2013
Book Title: Dictyostelium Discoideum Protocols (2013)
Page Reference: 1-15
ISBN: 978-1-62703-301-5