How is fungi reproduction unique or different compared to plant or animal reproduction? It has alternating...

How is fungi reproduction unique or different compared to plant or animal reproduction?

It has alternating generations

It can reproduce asexually

It has a heterokaryotic stage of its lifecycle

It involves mitosis and meiosis

Expert Solution

Fungi reproduction is unique compared to plant or animal reproduction because it has heterokaryotic stage of its lifecycle.Fungi lifecycle starts with germination of haploid spore which divide mitotically to produce multicellular haploid hypha. In most fungi, hyphae can produce asexual spores directly through mitosis. Hyphae belong to different sexual types, based on their ability to "mate". When different mating types hyphae come in contact to one another, cytoplasm of the hyphae fuses but the nuclei remain separate. This process is called 'plasmogamy', and it creates an initial cell stage called a 'dikaryon'. A fungal cell which has two or more genetically-distinct but allelically-compatible nuclei ,is known as heterkaryon and stage is known as heterokaryotic stage.

So correct answer is (c).

All other option are not unique about fungi reproduction as all other processes occur in fungi ,plant and animal.

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