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The Food Shortage<\/span><\/p>\n

The lecture discussed the evolutionary path of living organisms and how those organisms are shaped by the interactions of the species with other species and also species of a different kind. Therefore, I will like to focus on this particular concept. In addition, I would like to show how the social amoeba follow this interesting path. One of the many changes that shape the amoeba is when there is a scarcity in food. When there is a food scarcity, the amoeba quickly changes to account for this.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Social amoeba are impacted rather easily depending on what is going on around them. One of these examples is when the food is not in abundance. In \u00a0a normal setting, the amoeba are a a single cell organism. However, under this time of distress, the amoeba changes into a multicellular organism. Under this change, the amoeba now consist of many individual cells. This is the first step of the amoeba to counter the shortage of food.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The next step in this change for the amoeba is for some of the cells to give up their relative function. They become non-reproductive cells. From there, they are mainly used just for support and they help transportation. They are able to transport the cells to a more prosperous part of the body. Hence, they end their search for food once they are transported to an area that has an adequate amount of food to support the cells.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After this whole process is undergone, the cells no longer need to be multicellular because they do not need to transport anymore cells because they are at a place with food . They realized that they have met their needs and no longer need to alter their genetic figuration for food, they begin to convert back to single cell organisms. This is done while they are in their new location. This is the finishing product of the social amoeba response to a shortage in food.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The way the social amoeba reacts is a prime example of how they are changed by social interactions. The catalyst for the change undergone here is due to a lack of food. We then see how the cell goes from singular to multicellular. This is so it has the ability to transport to a area with more food available. After the amoeba completely change to meet their needs they see that their food need is satisfied and they then go back to multicellular cells. This is a clear indictication on how the amoeba are able to shift depending on their environment. They are highly sensitive to their surroundings and will respond to a need such as food in this case by adapting to find a suitable way to obtain more food. Social amoeba are not the only ones they can change their path, other organisms can also find a way to evolve in other meet certain needs or because other species interact with them in a way that may cause them to have to adapt to a different way of survival.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Food Shortage The lecture discussed the evolutionary path of living organisms and how those organisms are shaped by the interactions of the species with other species and also species of a different kind. Therefore, I will like to focus on this particular concept. In addition, I would like to show how the social amoeba … <\/p>\n

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