Cellular slime molds (a) include Physarum and Phytophthora (b) are more closely related to bacteria than are any other protists (c) are responsible for late blight of potatoes, which led to starvation in Ireland in the 1840s (d) have doublegene fusion (e) form a slug when cells aggregate in response to cyclic AMP

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Chapter27: Protists
Section27.2: The Protist Groups
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Cellular slime molds (a) include Physarum and Phytophthora (b) are more closely related to bacteria than are any other protists (c) are responsible for late blight of potatoes, which led to starvation in Ireland in the 1840s (d) have doublegene fusion (e) form a slug when cells aggregate in response to cyclic AMP

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