The social amoebae : the biology of cellular slime molds

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The social amoebae : the biology of cellular slime molds

Title remainder

the biology of cellular slime molds

Statement of responsibility

John Tyler Bonner

Creator

• Bonner, John Tyler

Subject

• Acrasiomycetes

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."--BOOK JACKET

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

579.5/2

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

QK635.A1

LC item number

B665 2009

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography