Definition of Zygospore. Meaning of Zygospore. Synonyms of Zygospore

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Definition of Zygospore

Zygospore
Zygospore yg"o*spore, n. [Gr. ? a yoke + E. spore.] (Bot.) (a) Same as Zygosperm. (b) A spore formed by the union of several zo["o]spores; -- called also zygozo["o]spore.

Meaning of Zygospore from wikipedia

- A zygospore is a diploid reproductive stage in the life cycle of many fungi and protists. Zygospores are created by the nuclear fusion of haploid cells...
- develop into warty structures that make up the thickness of the zygospore wall. As the zygospore enlarges, so do the warty structures until there are contiguous...
- result of which is the formation of a diploid cell called the zygote or zygospore. German zoologists Oscar and Richard Hertwig made some of the first discoveries...
- (non-motile). These spores are endogenously produced in sporangium. A zygospore is formed by fusion of two gametes. These gametes are similar in morphology...
- ****ual reproduction, a dark zygospore is produced at the point where two compatible mycelia fuse. Upon germination, a zygospore produces colonies that are...
- the spore. Zygospores are formed in certain fungi (zygomycota, for example Rhizopus) and some algae (for example Chlamydomonas). The zygospore forms through...
- immature zygospore. Initially the developing zygospore contains thousands of nuclei contributed by the gametangia. During the course of zygospore maturation...
- homothallic or heterothallic. It is also the fungus from which the term "zygospore" was coined. Syzygites megalocarpus produces phototropic, repeatedly dichotomously...
- Reproduction/spore teleomorph/****ual: Zygospore Ascospore/Ascus Basidiospore/Basidium/Teliospore anamorph/a****ual: Sporangium Conidium Chlamydospore Oidium...
- zygosporangium develops. The zygosporangium typically contains a single zygospore. Nuclear karyogamy and meiosis (****ual recombination) occur within it...