Plasmodial

... in 1996. The life cycle of Dermocystidium cyprini Červinka and Lom, 1974, the gill parasite of common carps, includes cysts with lipid-rich plasmodial stages, formation of sporonts by division of the plasmodia, and maturation of spores within the cysts. Motile zoospores appeared a few times ...

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... copulate, and die. If that's not an evolutionary trait then I don't know what is. Furthermore, look up apoptosis. Programmed cell death. Take Plasmodial slime molds for another example of adaptive death. They are individual single-celled organisms that are capable of functioning as a colony. ...

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... they are trying to make you think that water quality is a bigger problem than it actually is. That aside - there are three types of slime mold, Plasmodial, Cellular and Labyrinthulomycota (or "slime nets", for actual pronunciation). You are probably interested in cellular slime molds, ...

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... not the weird cell and i need info for a report on Myxomycota just a simple what it is and how it works Try Google. :idea: Search for Myxomycetes, Plasmodial Slime Molds, Myxomycota, etc. You should find enough information on these marvelous creatures for several reports or go to http://www.scirus.com ...

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Here's a thought I stumbled on in the evolution thread: For cells to form multicellular organisms or colonies (plasmodial slime mold) there must be intracellular communication. Perhaps with the development of this communication came the differentiation between selfish, altruistic, ...

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