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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527426.300-designing-highways-the-slime-mould-way.html
I watched a bbc programm about the decay of food. Slime mould was mention and they showed how when they layed out oat flakes in the pattern of major cities, it could link these in the shortest possible route. It did this by growing itself out. Above is a link to a new scientist article on this. So it grows. I always thought growing was essentially mitosis of cell. But it is and remain single celled, so mitosis has not occured. How does it grow out like this?
I watched a bbc programm about the decay of food. Slime mould was mention and they showed how when they layed out oat flakes in the pattern of major cities, it could link these in the shortest possible route. It did this by growing itself out. Above is a link to a new scientist article on this. So it grows. I always thought growing was essentially mitosis of cell. But it is and remain single celled, so mitosis has not occured. How does it grow out like this?