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plasmogamy

Noun

Meaning

plasmogamy (uncountable)

(mycology) Stage of sexual reproduction joining the cytoplasm of two parent mycelia without the fusion of nuclei.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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The nuclei in the antheridium then migrate into the ascogonium, and plasmogamy —the mixing of the cytoplasm —occurs. Source: Internet

Unlike in animals and plants, plasmogamy is not immediately followed by the merging of the nuclei (called karyogamy ). Source: Internet

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