Survival of the fattest
Experiments on the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum show that the origins of lineage bias in this system lie in the nutritional history of individual cells. Clues to the molecular basis for this process suggest similar forces may be at work in early mammalian development.
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Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2013-11-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/01760 |