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Behavioral Plasticity in Protozoans

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Aneural Organisms in Neurobiology

Part of the book series: Advances in Behavioral Biology ((ABBI,volume 13))

Abstract

It is perhaps obvious that investigations of aneural systems (particularly protozoans) can provide insight into problems concerning receptor-transducer mechanisms as well as the cellular control of both ciliary and contractile systems. For the biochemical homology which pervades the animal kingdom suggests that the neurons, receptor cells, muscle fibers, etc. of metazoans use molecular mechanisms similar to those employed by protozoans. In fact the generalized nature of unicellular organisms which, within the confines of one cell, contain the regulatory mechanisms necessary for the survival of an entire organism, further suggests that most protozoans will have cellular mechanisms similar to a wide variety of metazoan cell types.

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Hamilton, T.C. (1975). Behavioral Plasticity in Protozoans. In: Eisenstein, E.M. (eds) Aneural Organisms in Neurobiology. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4473-5_8

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