 Dictyostelium
"Dictyostelium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of protozoa, formerly also considered a fungus. Its natural habitat is decaying forest leaves, where it feeds on bacteria. D. discoideum is the best-known species and is widely used in biomedical research.
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D004023
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.046.550.200.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Dictyostelium discoideum- Dictyostelium discoideum
- Dictyostelium discoideums
- discoideum, Dictyostelium
- discoideums, Dictyostelium
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dictyostelium" by people in Profiles.
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Ostrowski EA, Shen Y, Tian X, Sucgang R, Jiang H, Qu J, Katoh-Kurasawa M, Brock DA, Dinh C, Lara-Garduno F, Lee SL, Kovar CL, Dinh HH, Korchina V, Jackson L, Patil S, Han Y, Chaboub L, Shaulsky G, Muzny DM, Worley KC, Gibbs RA, Richards S, Kuspa A, Strassmann JE, Queller DC. Genomic signatures of cooperation and conflict in the social amoeba. Curr Biol. 2015 Jun 15; 25(12):1661-5.
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Flowers JM, Li SI, Stathos A, Saxer G, Ostrowski EA, Queller DC, Strassmann JE, Purugganan MD. Variation, sex, and social cooperation: molecular population genetics of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. PLoS Genet. 2010 Jul 01; 6(7):e1001013.
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Benabentos R, Hirose S, Sucgang R, Curk T, Katoh M, Ostrowski EA, Strassmann JE, Queller DC, Zupan B, Shaulsky G, Kuspa A. Polymorphic members of the lag gene family mediate kin discrimination in Dictyostelium. Curr Biol. 2009 Apr 14; 19(7):567-72.
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Ostrowski EA, Katoh M, Shaulsky G, Queller DC, Strassmann JE. Kin discrimination increases with genetic distance in a social amoeba. PLoS Biol. 2008 Nov 25; 6(11):e287.
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