Refer to the Figure Below

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Essay

Refer to the figure below. The diagram depicts the life cycle of an organism known as a slime mold, which can be found in temperate forest ecosystems.A slime mold begins as a group of single cells that function independently when nutrients are readily available.However, these cells begin aggregating to form a multicellular slug and then a fruiting body when starved.The fruiting body produces spores and dies after releasing the spores.Provided that they land in a nutrient-rich environment, spores then develop into individual cells that can begin the process over again.Using this information, explain how cell specialization contributes to the biological success of slime molds.

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