The Resource The social amoebae : the biology of cellular slime molds, John Tyler Bonner
The social amoebae : the biology of cellular slime molds, John Tyler Bonner
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- Summary
- "John Tyler Bonner has experimented with cellular slime molds for more than sixty years, and he has done more than anyone else to raise these peculiar collections of amoebae from a minor biological curiosity to a major model organism - one that is widely studied for clues to the development and evolution of all living things. Now, five decades after he published his first pioneering book on cellular slime molds, Bonner steps back from the proliferating and increasingly specialized knowledge about the organism to provide a broad, nontechnical picture of its whole biology, including its evolution, sociobiology, ecology, behavior, and development. The Social Amoebae draws the big lessons from decades of research, and shows how slime molds fit into and illuminate biology as a whole." "Slime molds are very different from other organisms; they feed as individual amoebae before coming together to form a multicellular organism that has a remarkable ability to move and orient itself in its environment. Furthermore, these social amoebae display a sophisticated division of labor; within each organism, some cells form the stalk and others become the spores that will seed the next generation. In The Social Amoebae, Bonner examines all these parts together, giving a balanced, concise, and clear overview of slime mold biology, from molecules to cells to multi-cells, as he advances some unconventional and unexpected insights."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 144 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction
- The life cycle
- Evolution
- Ecology
- Behavior of amoebae and cell masses
- Morphogenesis
- Differentiation
- The future
- Isbn
- 9781400833283
- Label
- The social amoebae : the biology of cellular slime molds
- Title
- The social amoebae
- Title remainder
- the biology of cellular slime molds
- Statement of responsibility
- John Tyler Bonner
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "John Tyler Bonner has experimented with cellular slime molds for more than sixty years, and he has done more than anyone else to raise these peculiar collections of amoebae from a minor biological curiosity to a major model organism - one that is widely studied for clues to the development and evolution of all living things. Now, five decades after he published his first pioneering book on cellular slime molds, Bonner steps back from the proliferating and increasingly specialized knowledge about the organism to provide a broad, nontechnical picture of its whole biology, including its evolution, sociobiology, ecology, behavior, and development. The Social Amoebae draws the big lessons from decades of research, and shows how slime molds fit into and illuminate biology as a whole." "Slime molds are very different from other organisms; they feed as individual amoebae before coming together to form a multicellular organism that has a remarkable ability to move and orient itself in its environment. Furthermore, these social amoebae display a sophisticated division of labor; within each organism, some cells form the stalk and others become the spores that will seed the next generation. In The Social Amoebae, Bonner examines all these parts together, giving a balanced, concise, and clear overview of slime mold biology, from molecules to cells to multi-cells, as he advances some unconventional and unexpected insights."--Jacket
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- Bonner, John Tyler
- Dewey number
- 579.5/2
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QK635.A1
- LC item number
- B663 2009eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- QK635.A1
- NAL item number
- B666 2009
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
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- 2009 F-515
- QX 55
- NLM item number
- B716s 2009
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Acrasiomycetes
- Dictyosteliida
- SCIENCE
- SCIENCE
- Acrasiomycetes
- Label
- The social amoebae : the biology of cellular slime molds, John Tyler Bonner
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-139) and index
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- Introduction -- The life cycle -- Evolution -- Ecology -- Behavior of amoebae and cell masses -- Morphogenesis -- Differentiation -- The future
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- 703155101
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- 1 online resource (ix, 144 pages)
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- 9781400833283
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- Label
- The social amoebae : the biology of cellular slime molds, John Tyler Bonner
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-139) and index
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- Introduction -- The life cycle -- Evolution -- Ecology -- Behavior of amoebae and cell masses -- Morphogenesis -- Differentiation -- The future
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- 703155101
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- unknown
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- 1 online resource (ix, 144 pages)
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- online
- Isbn
- 9781400833283
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