The Amoebozoa

Christina Schilde; Pauline Schaap

doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-302-2_1

The Amoebozoa

Christina Schilde, Pauline Schaap (Lead / Corresponding author)

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Abstract

The model organism Dictyostelium discoideum is a member of the Amoebozoa, one of the six major -divisions of eukaryotes. Amoebozoa comprise a wide variety of amoeboid and flagellate organisms with single cells measuring from 5 μm to several meters across. They have adopted many different life styles and sexual behaviors and can live in all but the most extreme environments. This chapter provides an overview of Amoebozoan diversity and compares roads towards multicellularity within the Amoebozoa with inventions of multicellularity in other protist divisions. The chapter closes with a scenario for the evolution of Dictyostelid multicellularity from an Amoebozoan stress response.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Dictyostelium discoideum Protocols
Editors	Ludwig Eichinger, Francisco Rivero
Place of Publication	New Jersey
Publisher	Humana Press
Pages	1-15
Number of pages	15
Volume	983
ISBN (Electronic)	9781627033022
ISBN (Print)	9781627033015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-302-2_1
Publication status	Published - 2013

Publication series

Name	Methods in Molecular Biology
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Volume	983
ISSN (Print)	1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)	1940-6029

Keywords

Amoebozoa/classification
Biological Evolution
Cyclic AMP/metabolism
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism
Dictyostelium/cytology
Morphogenesis
Phylogeny
Protozoan Proteins/metabolism
Signal Transduction
Spores, Protozoan/cytology

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10.1007/978-1-62703-302-2_1

The Molecular Basis of Phenotypic Evolution in Social Amoebas
Schaap, P. (Investigator)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1/04/13 → 31/03/17
Project: Research

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The Amoebozoa

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