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SUBMITTER: Benabentos R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2694408 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Benabentos Rocio R Hirose Shigenori S Sucgang Richard R Curk Tomaz T Katoh Mariko M Ostrowski Elizabeth A EA Strassmann Joan E JE Queller David C DC Zupan Blaz B Shaulsky Gad G Kuspa Adam A
Current biology : CB 20090312 7
Self and kin discrimination are observed in most kingdoms of life and are mediated by highly polymorphic plasma membrane proteins. Sequence polymorphism, which is essential for effective recognition, is maintained by balancing selection. Dictyostelium discoideum are social amoebas that propagate as unicellular organisms but aggregate upon starvation and form fruiting bodies with viable spores and dead stalk cells. Aggregative development exposes Dictyostelium to the perils of chimerism, includin ...[more]