The thermostabilities of the "unordered" and shuttle protoplasmic streamings in myxomycete Physarum polycephalum plasmodia was studied. A comparison of these thermostabilities has revealed that the cessation of the former streaming occurs at temperatures higher than those required for arresting the shuttle streaming. The difference between the two types of protoplasmic streamings is better seen in the rate of repair of protoplasmic streaming halted by a 10 minutes heating at 38-41 degrees C. For example, the unordered streaming is restored 2 minutes after heating plasmodia at 39 degrees for 10 min., while the shuttle streaming is resumed in 24 minutes. It is supposed that the two protoplasmic streamings are independent to an appreciable extent, and that the shuttle streaming, being more complex and coordinated, has appeared in the evolution at later stages than the unordered one. The higher heat sensitivity of the shuttle streaming substantiates a view of the lower stability to injury in regulatory mechanisms if compared to the stability of motile mechanisms.
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