Protista able to learn

2008/03/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Mikrobiologia

The Physarum polycephalum amebozo is able to perceive, interpret and adapt to the changes of the medium, as do all the cells. Now, at Hokkaido University in Japan, they find another of the skills of this alive: he is able to learn and remember. If an alteration occurs in regular times, the protionist is able to learn that time and, despite stopping alterations, by passing that time of the last disturbance, prepares to deal with the alleged disturbance.