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ORIGIN OF GERM LINE. "The molecular events that trigger the separation of the germ line from the soma in the early embryo are still largely undefined." http://www.reproduction-online.org/content/revreprod/5/2/93.full.pdf View in LinkedIn

TOTIPOTENT. "The early germ line may be referred to as totipotent." http://www.reproduction-online.org/content/revreprod/5/2/93.full.pdf View in LinkedIn

POPULATION IMMORTALITY. "One problem that arises in discussing the nature of the germ line is nomenclature and the use of the terms ‘immortal’ and ‘totipotent’. Although the germ line is frequently referred to as ‘immortal’, this is only valid at the level of the entire population and, more specifically, only the genome residing within the cells that compose the germ line may be viewed as immortal." http://www.reproduction-online.org/content/revreprod/5/2/93.full.pdf View in LinkedIn

UNUSUAL REPROGRAMMING. "Germline epigenetic reprogramming in addition to requiring epigenetic modification to compose the germline, the primordial germ cells uniquely undergo striking wave of epigenetic reprogramming that most other lineage do not undergo." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2305050015000524 View in LinkedIn

"EPIGENETIC REPROGRAMMING can be explained as any mitotic or meiotic changing which does not result any alteration in DNA sequence but will have important effect on the normal embryonic development." (Explained or defined?). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2305050015000524 View in LinkedIn

THE LEARNING TEST. “Few people would look towards slime molds as the poster-child of intelligence. Yet, over several decades of work, these multi-nucleate bags of goo have been found to be capable of surprising feats of cleverness. They can navigate complex mazes, optimize nutritional challenges and even find their way through a miniature version of the Tokyo subway system; they show swarm, or collective, intelligence. But can they learn?” https://lnkd.in/gK2jtCA View in LinkedIn

SOPHISTICATION. “Physarum’s information processing capabilities are relatively advanced, as single-celled organisms have evolved to behave in a demanding evolutionary environment.” https://ukacc.group.shef.ac.uk/proceedings/control2008/papers/p246.pdf View in LinkedIn

PROCESSING INFORMATION. “Life is characterized in terms of information processing and single-celled organisms show remarkably advanced information processing capabilities. A neural network with inter-cellular connections is not necessary for biological computation, which may have implications for brain studies.” https://ukacc.group.shef.ac.uk/proceedings/control2008/papers/p246.pdf View in LinkedIn

BIOCOMPUTING. “Slime mold is a living prototype of amorphous biological computers and robotic devices capable of solving a range of tasks of graph optimization and computational geometry.” http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6482606/ View in LinkedIn

EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE. “We provide a unique demonstration of a spatial memory system in a nonneuronal organism, supporting the theory that an externalized spatial memory may be the functional precursor to the internal memory of higher organisms.” http://www.pnas.org/content/109/43/17490.full View in LinkedIn