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When multiple strains of unicellular organisms fuse in a facultative multicellular stage as in Dictyostelium discoideum, conflict can arise regarding which cells remain fertile (spore) and which contribute only to soma (stalk). More...

When multiple strains of unicellular organisms fuse in a facultative multicellular stage as in Dictyostelium discoideum, conflict can arise regarding which cells remain fertile (spore) and which contribute only to soma (stalk). We used RNA-sequencing to detect possible conflict-generated transcriptomic responses between D. discoideum multicellular aggregates formed by single clonal strains compared to mixed pairs of strains (chimeras). Less...