Video: Social activity of D. discoideum :The Scientist [2008-07-01]


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Video: Social activity of D. discoideum In this month's feature article, Gad Shaulsky writes about his fascination with looking at whether cells can be altruistic using his chosen model organism, the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Click on the videos below to watch individual "Dicty" cells congregate into a slug, and further differentiate into a stalk and spore.