From: High-throughput analysis of spatio-temporal dynamics in Dictyostelium
Annotated stage | Wild-type features | Examples of mutant features |
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Growth | Growth, attachment, cell size | Slow growth, no attachment, large cells |
Wave | 5 min periodicity terminates at 6-7 h after starvation | Slow oscillations, rapid onset, early termination, |
Aggregation | Cell streaming with or without late break up | Cell clumping, partial developmental arrest, early break up |
Mound | Round mounds giving rise to slugs | Arrest, multiple tips, disintegrating mound |
Slug | Migration with a smooth persistent trajectory | Slow migration, arrested migration |
Fruiting body | Wild-type culminant structure | Short stalk, long stalk, other aberrant morphology |