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ISBN: 9780321501561
Author: Martha R. Taylor
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Introduction: Ascomycete is a type of sac
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Which of the following best describes Basidiomycota?
A. The vast majority of spores formed are asexual.
B. Spores line up in a sac in the order they were formed by meiosis.
C. Monokaryotic hyphae fuse to grow into a heterokaryotic mycelium.
D. No sexual stage has been found.
What are the three stages of sexual reproduction that ascomycetes and basidiomycetes have in common? A. Fragmentation, budding, and spore production B. Meiosis, budding, and karyogamy C. Spore production, plasmogamy, and budding D. Plasmogamy, karyogamy, and meiosis
Dikaryotic cells
A.
contain two nuclei per cell
B.
produce two spores per hypha
C.
contain diploid nuclei
D.
have two hyphae per fruiting body
E.
contain pairs of homologous chromosomes
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