Dictyostelids Evolution, Genomics and Cell Biology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Romeralo, Maria. (Editor), Baldauf, Sandra. (Editor), Escalante, Ricardo. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Developmental biology.; Biodiversity.; Evolution (Biology).; Microbial genetics.; Morphology (Animals).; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.; Developmental Biology.; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38487-5

Since their discovery in 1869, the dictyostelids have attracted the attention of scientists in a wide variety of fields. This interest has stemmed from their peculiar lifestyle and developmental properties, which were shaped by the evolutionary forces that generated multicellularity during eukaryoti...

Table of Contents:

• Dictyostelium discoideum as a Model in Biomedical Research
• Genome Analysis of Social Amoebae
• Signalling During Dictyostelium Development
• The Chemotactic Compass Transcriptional Regulators  Dynamic Drivers of Multicellular Formation, Cell Differentiation and Development
• Non-coding RNAs in Dictyostelium discoideum and other Dictyostelid Social Amoebae
• Sex in Dictyostelia
• A global Overview of Dictyostelid Ecology with Special Emphasis in North American Forest
• Evolution of Dictyostelid Social Amoebas Inferred from the Use of Molecular Tools
• The Evolution of the Cellular Slime Molds
• Social Selection in the Cellular Slime Moulds
• The Non-dictyostelid Sorocarpic Amoebae.