Dictyostelium

Given that, I'm finding it hard to understand why you think genes for multicellularity in Dictyostelium constitute evidence for front-loading.

Amoeba supports front-loading 2007

Dr. Bonner learned of a North American species of slug-forming slime mold called Dictyostelium discoides and began to raise them in his lab, studying them as a simple analog of animal embryos.

NYT > Home Page By CARL ZIMMER 2011

Dr. Bonner learned of a North American species of slug-forming slime mold called Dictyostelium discoides and began to raise them in his lab, studying them as a simple analog of animal embryos.

NYT > Home Page By CARL ZIMMER 2011

He came across what is now generally known as "Dictyostelium" or "the social amoebae" while researching the Ph.D. thesis of Kenneth Raper, a student of Weston's.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

He came across what is now generally known as "Dictyostelium" or "the social amoebae" while researching the Ph.D. thesis of Kenneth Raper, a student of Weston's.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

A 12-meter patch of amoebic clones (Dictyostelium discoideum) was found in a Texas cow pasture.

Clone Colony 2009

A 12-meter patch of amoebic clones (Dictyostelium discoideum) was found in a Texas cow pasture.

Archive 2009-03-01 2009

Although not the most glamorous evolutionary relative, the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum has some pretty amazing properties, including primitive forms of cooperation and altruism.

Jamil Zaki: Let's get amoebic: The charitable slime mold as a model for facing climate change 2010

Although not the most glamorous evolutionary relative, the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum has some pretty amazing properties, including primitive forms of cooperation and altruism.

Let's get amoebic: The charitable slime mold as a model for facing climate change 2010

For instance, the soil-dwelling amoeba Dictyostelium purpureum.

The Selfless Gene 2007