Sexual
reproduction is by conjugation. Hyphae belonging to different strains (plus and
minus strains) come in close contact with one another. Tips of the hyphae are
separated by septa from the rest of the hyphae. Each tip contains many nuclei
with cytoplasm, mitochondria and food material. The two tips are called
gametangia. The walls of the gametangia that are in contact dissolve away
allowing the two protoplasts to fuse. The zygote resulting from this fusion
develops into a zygospore. Zygospore has a thick wall and is quite resistant to
unfavorable conditions. The zygospore will later germinate under favorable
conditions. It undergoes meiosis, germinates to produce sporangium which
release spores. Each spore can germinate and continue the life cycle.
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| Conjugation in Rhizopus |
it would be nice if you could also discuss how this conjugation takes place
ReplyDeleteIt's not that hard to understand what conjugation means when we are talking about Sexual Reproduction in Rhizopus. The word conjugation means "The state of being joined together". Here, as you can see in the blog post, is mentioned clearly that Hyphae of different types (plus and minus strains) conjugate or come in contact with one another. Here, to make things clear, I will upload an image too, explaining how this whole process completes. Maybe that will help you understand easily.
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Deletewhat is the life cycle of rhizopus?
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ReplyDeleteHere strain means "a sub-type of Fungi, based on its genetic structure. Generally, strain is a genetic variant or subtype of a microorganism, that is to say a virus or bacterium or fungus. For example, a "flu strain" is a certain biological form of the influenza or "flu" virus.
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