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Frederick Spiegel
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
275 Points

Contributions by role

Author 135
Preprint Author 70
Reviewer 70

Contributions by subject area

Biogeography
Ecology
Microbiology
Evolutionary Studies
Cell Biology

Frederick W. Spiegel

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

My interests are in the mycetozoans or slime molds. These are those amoeboid eukaryotes that produce spore-bearing structures that resemble fungi. I am particularly interested in the systematics and evolution of the protosteloid amoebozoans. These are mycetozoans where an individual amoeba develops into a microscopic, stalked fruiting body that bears one to a few spores. I am presently involved in testing the hypothesis that the last common ancestor of Amoebozoa was protosteloid.

Evolutionary Studies Mycology Taxonomy

Editing Journals

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Work details

Distinguished Professor, Biological Sciences

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Department of Biological Sciences

Websites

  • Eumycetozoan Project

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
  • Preprints 1
March 11, 2014
Ecological distribution of protosteloid amoebae in New Zealand
Geoffrey Zahn, Steven L. Stephenson, Frederick W. Spiegel
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.296 PubMed 24688872
December 20, 2013 - Version: 2
Ecological Distribution of Protosteloid Amoebae in New Zealand
Geoffrey Zahn, Steven L. Stephenson, Frederick W. Spiegel
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.136v2