BIO 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Ascomycota, Dikarya, Hypha

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Production of haploid spores (conidia) at hyphae tips. Cell divisions by unicellular fungi- fission or budding. Sexual reproduction: rare or unknown is some groups, common in others. Sex may have evolved multiple times in fungi. Sex is fungal phylogeny would likely increase tree-length and decrease ci. Reproduction in fungi is two steps (vs. one step in humans) In humans: ab- sperm + egg (cells fuse, nuclei fuse) (plasmogamy) In fungi: a- hyphal cell 1 + hyphal cell 2 (cells fuse) results in b- nucleus 1 + nucleus 2 ( nuclei don"t immediately fuse) (karyogomy) Mating types are genetically different but not physically different. There may be 2 or more mating types (+ and -) Individuals of the same type typically cannot mate, avoiding self-fertilization. Zygospore fungi are saprobes, parasites of insects and spiders, and mutualists of other fungi. The hyphae are coenocytic and spread in a radial pattern from the spore, with stalked sporangiophores reaching up into the air.

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