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Mound Stage
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Cells differentiate
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Some form an elongated finger
Transformation from slug to stalk is called sorogenesis.
Differentiation is based on timing of the cell in the cell cycle [?]
At this stage can go either to slug stage or direct to culmination (if conditions seem good for dispersal)
(Hagstrom; VaTech; Vanderbilt)