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  • noun Any slime mould, of the order Dictyosteliida, that exist either as individual amoebae or aggregated as a pseudoplasmodium

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  • On the other hand, the CbfA and CbfB proteins have completely different carboxy-terminal domains, suggesting that the plasticity of such domains may have contributed to the adaptation of the CbfA-like transcription factors to the rapid genome evolution in the dictyostelid clade.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

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