Overview
- First book to highlight the importance of Dictyostelia as a model organism
- Connects evolutionary aspects with the findings of the genomic era
- Written by experts in the field?
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Since their discovery in 1869, the dictyostelids have attracted the attention of scientists in a wide variety of fields. This interest has stemmed from their peculiar lifestyle and developmental properties, which were shaped by the evolutionary forces that generated multicellularity during eukaryotic evolution. More recently, the dictyostelids have gained attention due to the striking similarities found at the genomic, cellular and biochemical levels with human cells, which has propelled the species Dictyostelium discoideum to become a model system for biology and medicine in many laboratories. This book covers the latest advances in our knowledge of these extraordinary organisms with topics spanning from their evolutionary history, ecology and diversity to the recent discoveries regarding their cellular and molecular biology.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dictyostelids
Book Subtitle: Evolution, Genomics and Cell Biology
Editors: Maria Romeralo, Sandra Baldauf, Ricardo Escalante
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38487-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-38486-8Published: 30 July 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44170-7Published: 08 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-38487-5Published: 16 July 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 255
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Developmental Biology, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Biodiversity