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Which of the following protists have a life cycle in which many amoeba-like cells congregate during asexual reproduction to form a slug-like colony?

a. red algae
b. diatoms
c. cellular slime molds
d. ciliates

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The answer is c. cellular slime molds.
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Answer:

c. cellular slime molds

cellular slime molds have a life cycle in which many amoeba-like cells congregate during asexual reproduction to form a slug-like colony

Step-by-step explanation:

In the feeding stage there are solitary cells, when food is depleted the cells come together and congregate to form a slug, they come together within a cellulose sheath, all this cells migrate and move together for a time as a strategy for disperse the specie, the cells form a stalk (an asexual fruiting body) and finally other cells develop into spores.

It is important to know that in the slug-like colony the cells remain separated by their plasma membranes.

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