SLIME MOLDS. “Although P. polycephalum often acts like a colony of cooperative individuals foraging together, it in fact spends most of its life as a single cell containing millions of nuclei, small sacs of DNA, enzymes and proteins. This one cell is a master shape-shifter. P. polycephalum takes on different appearances depending on where and how it is growing.”
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brainless-slime-molds/
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022