Dear Dan,

Cells in a clone definitely do not remain equal, but depending upon how 
well fed they are they can differ in important ways.  This was 
discovered some time ago by Ashworth and colleagues.  It is reviewed in 
many places.   I cover it in my recent book, The Social Amoebae.

	My regards,      John


Daniel Lusche wrote:
> Dear all,
> can anyone provide me with a reference for a review or an update on the 
> state of the art whether all cells of a clone (such as a labstrain) are 
> considered to be equal early on in development or whether  the 
> qualitative differences reported by some earlier studies confirm that 
> they are not equal. Any news about what seems to be the case?
> Cheers
> Dan