Plasmodium
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Example:
Imagine trying to organize a group of people in a large, open-plan office without any walls or cubicles. Just like how the office lacks partitions, the feeding stage of a slime mold, called a plasmodium, operates with its cytoplasm containing diploid nuclei but no separate cells. In this analogy, the people represent the diploid nuclei, freely moving around and communicating without barriers, while the open-plan office is akin to the plasmodium's cytoplasm, allowing for seamless interaction and movement within a continuous space.

Practice Version

Plasmodium: The feeding stage of a slime mold, its cytoplasm has diploid nuclei but no separate cells. Plasmodium. Plasmodium is a mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei, which functions as a single large cell in slime molds.