Mitochondria have their own genetic system–a vestigial genome originating from an
endosymbiotic α-proteobacterial ancestor. The genetic function of mitochondrial DNA …

▪ Abstract Over the past several decades, our knowledge of the origin and evolution of
mitochondria has been greatly advanced by determination of complete mitochondrial …

The social amoebae are exceptional in their ability to alternate between unicellular and
multicellular forms. Here we describe the genome of the best-studied member of this group …

Abstract dictyBase (http://dictybase. org), the model organism database for Dictyostelium
discoideum, includes the complete genome sequence and expression data for this …

Dictyostelium discoideum (DD), an extensively studied model organism for cell and
developmental biology, belongs to the most derived group 4 of social amoebas, a clade of …

Plants possess mitochondrial genomes that are large and complex compared to animals.
Nearly all animal mitochondrial genomes are about 16.5. kbp in length, whereas plant …

Morphological identification of naked lobose amoebae has always been a problem, hence
the development of reliable molecular tools for species distinction is a priority for amoebae …

Abstract dictyBase (http://dictybase. org) is the model organism database for the social
amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. This contribution provides an update on dictyBase that …

Plastid and mitochondrial genomes have undergone parallel evolution to encode the same
functional set of genes. These encode conserved protein components of the electron …

Background Development of the soil amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum is triggered by
starvation. When placed on a solid substrate, the starving solitary amoebae cease growth …