heterokaryon

Stalk

... article >>> In the Zygomycota, the heterokaryon produces multiple fruiting bodies, in the form of minuscule stalk s with sporangia at the end. Most ascomycetes produce fruiting bodies called ascocarps, composed entirely of hyphae. Full article >>> flag - plant s with sword-shaped...

Mycelium

...ticle >>> In the Basidiomycota, the heterokaryon produces a new mycelium which may live for years without producing a fruiting body. The familiar mushrooms are examples of these. Full article >>> hypha -- n.Threadlike filaments that form the mycelium (body) of a fungus ; hyphae...

Mating type

...ove from one mycelium into the other, forming a heterokaryon (meaning different nuclei). Full article >>> zygospore In fungi , a structure that forms from the diploid zygote created by the fusion of haploid hyphae of different mating type s. After a period of dormancy , the zygospor...

Heterokaryon

... cells derived from genetically marked haploid heterokaryon s. Full article >>> Heterokaryon ...ms: Nucleus ... Full article >>> heterokaryon s . Dikaryosis is a significant genetic peculiarity of the fungi . Full article >>> ...

Diploid nuclei

...pore s. Full article >>> Since the heterokaryon s are haploid and produce haploid spore s by ...ove from one mycelium into the other, forming a heterokaryon (meaning different nuclei). This is called plasmogamy. Actual fusion to form diploid nuclei is ca...

Deficiency

...can supply each other's deficiency , such that a heterokaryon or diploid derived fron them and having the trans ( repulsion ) configuration is phenotypically normal ( wild-type ) or nearly so. Full article >>> a disease resulting from thyroid deficiency in adults and character ized by swe...

Complementation

...rent mutation s are combined in a diploid or a heterokaryon . The production of the wild-type phenotype by a cell or an organ ism that contains two mutant genes. If complementation occurs the ... Full article >>> Complementation test A mating test to determine whether two differe...

Cell

...lly occurs in fungi as long as their fungal ( heterokaryon ) incompatibility types are identical (see also dikaryotic ... Full article >>> Germ cell ( germ line ) gene therapy . The repair or re- placement of a defective gene within the gamete -forming tissue s, which produces a herita...