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Pattern formation; morphogenesis; Dictyostelium

The aim of the present article is to derive and illustrate in a simple form some of the important concepts in developmental biology. The development of the cellular slime mouldDictyostelium discoideum is an ideal model system for this purpose. I will outline the development of this organism at its multicellular stages and review some relevant studies focusing on the control of cell differentiation and pattern formation while deriving some key concepts in the current thinking about the control of development.

Kei Inouye¹

1. Department of Botany, Kyoto University, Kyoto - 606, Japan

Published

June 1992

Manuscript received

20 December 1991

Manuscript revised

30 March 1992