Regular oscillations in suspensions of a putatively chaotic mutant ofDictyostelium discoideum

1 April 1989

journal article
research article
Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Vol. 45 (4) , 363-365
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01957479

Abstract

We have tested the light-scattering properties of suspensions of theDictyostelium discoideum mutantHH201 derived from the mutantFr17. Previous studies indicated thatHH201 andFr17 possess highly irregular rhythmic properties which might represent aperiodic oscillations, i.e. chaos. We report that the former mutant can display regular oscillatory behavior. Possible explanations for this result are discussed, including that of a transition from chaotic to periodic behavior resulting from some parameter change or from strong intercellular coupling in cell suspensions.

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