{
  "name": "Slime mold Physarum polycephalum: sizes, nuclei, veins and flow",
  "desc": "Physarum polycephalum measurements, one claim per row: plasmodium sizes, nucleus counts, sizes and spacing, vein radii, contraction periods, flow and crawling speeds, endoplasm values used in one estimate, spores per sporangium and two maze and network facts, each with its source and how it was read",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Ants, Cells & Atoms",
  "url": "https://antscellsandatoms.com/microscopic-life/slime-mold/",
  "from": [
    "values typed from the sources in data_credit; computed rows marked computed for this page"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Ants, Cells & Atoms from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
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    "Schaap P et al. 2016, Genome Biology and Evolution 8(1):109-125, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evv237, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Reid CR 2023, Animal Cognition 26(6):1783-1797, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-023-01782-1, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Marbach S, Ziethen N, Bastin L, Bäuerle FK, Alim K 2023, eLife 12:e78100, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.78100, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Oettmeier C, Döbereiner HG 2019, PLOS ONE 14(4):e0215622, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215622, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Computed rows computed 2026-10-25"
  ]
}