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fruiting body METAMORPHOSIS Protozoa Eukaryota Amoebozoa Mycetozoa Myxogastria Physarida Physotaaridae Physarum Physarum polycephalum of individual amoeba MOVEMENT flow through substrate simple random walk chemical signal emitted by each amoeba COMMUNICATION During this aggregation process, a chemical signal (cAMP) is emmited by cells to guide the col- lective movements pheromone, cAMP the emitted chemical force produces accumulation in the most densely inhabited zones. formation of multicellular body Physarum polycephalum 1 plasmodial slime molds (myxomycetes) (Physarum polycephalum) 2 cellular slime molds (dictyostelids) 3 slime nets-Labyrinthulomycota three groups of slime molds (eumycetozoans)
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