Like Humans, Amoebae Pack a Lunch Before They Travel

Like Humans, Amoebae Pack a Lunch Before They Travel
Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:03:00 -0600

Some amoebae do what many people do. Before they travel, they pack a lunch.

In results of a study reported today in the journal Nature, evolutionary biologists Joan Strassmann and David Queller of Rice University show that long-studied social amoebae Dictyostellum discoideum (commonly known as slime molds) increase their odds of survival through a rudimentary form of agriculture.

Research by lead author Debra Brock, a graduate student at Rice, found ...

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