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Slime Moulds have gotten a lot of attention as a way to optimise transport maps, but what are they???<br> | Slime Moulds have gotten a lot of attention as a way to optimise transport maps, but what are they???<br> | ||
| + | ==What is a Slime Mould?== | ||
| + | First they are NOT fungi - although for a long time, they were thought to be fungi because their life cycle resemble each other <br><br> | ||
| + | They are protists <br> | ||
| + | ===What is a protist?=== | ||
| + | There are [3 groups http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/slimemolds.html] of organisms called slime moulds, but they do not share a common ancestor ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clade a clade]) | ||
| + | 1. Plasmodial slime molds = giant cells, single cells with thousands of nuclei fused flagellated cells | ||
| + | 2. Cellular slime molds = mostly found as separate single-celled amoeboid protists, but can swarm with chemical signals | ||
| + | 3. Labyrinthulomycota, called slime moulds, but are not related to 1 and 2 | ||
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==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
* [http://dictybase.org/ dictybase] where you can find genomes, protocols and other resources | * [http://dictybase.org/ dictybase] where you can find genomes, protocols and other resources | ||
Revision as of 17:57, 7 June 2018
Slime Moulds have gotten a lot of attention as a way to optimise transport maps, but what are they???
What is a Slime Mould?
First they are NOT fungi - although for a long time, they were thought to be fungi because their life cycle resemble each other
They are protists
What is a protist?
There are [3 groups http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/slimemolds.html] of organisms called slime moulds, but they do not share a common ancestor (a clade) 1. Plasmodial slime molds = giant cells, single cells with thousands of nuclei fused flagellated cells 2. Cellular slime molds = mostly found as separate single-celled amoeboid protists, but can swarm with chemical signals 3. Labyrinthulomycota, called slime moulds, but are not related to 1 and 2
Resources
- dictybase where you can find genomes, protocols and other resources
