Karyogamy

∞ generated and posted on 2016.02.23 ∞

Fusing of two haploid nuclei found in the same cytoplasm, but sourced from two different fungi parents, into a single diploid nucleus.

Plasmogamy forms the dikaryotic state – two haploid nuclei found in the same cytoplasm but sourced from two different parents – which precedes karyogamy in the life cycle of of many fungi.


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