Figure 5.10 The life cycle of the cellular slime moldDictyostelium discoideumprimarily involves individual amoebas
but includes the formation of a multinucleate plasmodium formed from a uninucleate zygote (the result of the fusion of
two individual amoeboid cells). The plasmodium is able to move and forms a fruiting body that generates haploid
spores.
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