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Which organism is used as a model organism for studying cellular signals, disease, programmed cell death, and chemotaxis?
Which organism is used as a model organism for studying cellular signals, disease, programmed cell death, and chemotaxis?
- Soil-dwelling single-cell organism
- Plasmodium
- Dictyostelium discoideum (correct)
- Bacteria
What triggers the shift in Dictyostelium discoideum from a unicellular lifestyle to a multicellular assembly?
What triggers the shift in Dictyostelium discoideum from a unicellular lifestyle to a multicellular assembly?
- Exhaustion of food supply (correct)
- Light and temperature gradients
- The presence of bacteria
- Migration ability
How many chromosomes does Dictyostelium discoideum have?
How many chromosomes does Dictyostelium discoideum have?
- 10
- 8
- 4
- 6 (correct)
What is the anterior-posterior orientation of the multicellular assembly formed by Dictyostelium discoideum called?
What is the anterior-posterior orientation of the multicellular assembly formed by Dictyostelium discoideum called?
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What is the G + C content of Dictyostelium discoideum's genome?
What is the G + C content of Dictyostelium discoideum's genome?
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