Dictyostelids: Evolution, Genomics and Cell Biology

By Maria Romeralo, Ricardo Escalante, Sandra Baldauf

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 364244170X
• ISBN13: 9783642441707
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"