Talk:Dictyostelid

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Can someone provide a picture of the mold in amoeba, slug and stalk form? Klosterdev 01:25, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Number of chromosomes

I have changed the stated number of chromosomes in Humans from 24 to 46. The article states that there is 6 chromosomes in Dictyostelium discoideum , but does not state if that is in the haploid (n)(sperm or egg) cell, or in the diploid (2n)(regular cell). 46 chromosomes in humans refers to the regular cells (2n).

Does 6 chromosomes in D. discoideum refer to sex cells (n) or regular cells (2n)?

//lUser —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.251.207.34 (talk) 22:18, 15 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Mechanism of aggregation

Hi I'm just creating a stub article about acrasins and how they are species specific, one thing I've noticed from reading a couple of papers is that the example given with cAMP is specific to D. discoideum but other Dictyostelids have their own specific acrasins this paper describes a possible acrasin for D. lacteum (I realise it's pretty old). I'm a complete laymen in this area, but this (possible) conflict might need to be cleared up? Currently this article is not clear on what species is being specifically talked about in each section, and it would be nice to see some more sources referenced inline with the text. MattOates (Ulti) 10:28, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

From reading the whole article from the start ;) it is fairly clear all examples are specific to D. discoideum. Perhaps I could poach some of this content for the acrasin article, since aggregation producing a cellular plasmodium is general to all cellular slime moulds? MattOates (Ulti) 17:46, 21 May 2007 (UTC)