#dictyostelium — Public Fediverse posts

#3D structure of the social #amoeba #genome sheds light on the transition to #multicellularity.

#Dictyostelium #chromosomes #chromatin_looping #RNA_polymerase

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-3d-social-amoeba-genome-transition.html

#3D structure of the social #amoeba #genome sheds light on the transition to #multicellularity.

#Dictyostelium #chromosomes #chromatin_looping #RNA_polymerase

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-3d-social-amoeba-genome-transition.html

Biologists study trade-offs of microscopic predators https://phys.org/news/2024-05-biologists-offs-microscopic-predators.html

Costs of being a diet generalist for the #protist predator #Dictyostelium discoideum https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2313203121

"The #amoebae prey on a very diverse group of #bacteria. But when they switch from one bacteria to another, there's a physiological cost."

#protists #microbes #ecology #predation #biology #amoeba #SlimeMolds