What does ascogeny mean?
Ascogeny means (mycology) The development of ascospores inside an ascus..
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(mycology) The development of ascospores inside an ascus..
Production of heterogeneous sclerotia may facilitate hybridization of strains during subsequent ascogeny.
A species in its entirety can be recognized from characters derived from ascogeny and/or mitospore production.
A discarded hypothesis held that a second karyogamy event occurred in the ascogonium prior to ascogeny, resulting in a tetraploid nucleus which divided into four diploid nuclei by meiosis and then into eight haploid nuclei by a supposed process called brachymeiosis, but this hypothesis was disproven in the 1950s.
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Ascogeny means (mycology) The development of ascospores inside an ascus..
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Production of heterogeneous sclerotia may facilitate hybridization of strains during subsequent ascogeny.
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