NEETBotanyBiological Classification
What happens to the parental nucleus after the dikaryotic stage?
Options
- AThey remain separate
- BThey fuse
- CThey form fruiting bodies
- DThey undergo reduction division
Correct answer
B. They fuse
Step-by-step solution
When a fungus reproduces sexually, two haploid hyphae of compatible mating types come together and fuse. In some fungi the fusion of two haploid cells immediately results in diploid cells (2n). However, in other fungi (ascomycetes and basidiomycetes), an interveningdikaryotic stage (n + n, i.e., two nuclei per cell) occurs; such a condition is called a dikaryon and the phase is called dikaryophase of fungus. Later, the parental nuclei fuse and the cells become diploid. The fungi form fruiting bodies in which reduct