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The growth, duplication and fate of multikaryotic hyphae bearing true clamp connections, as derived from compatible matings of Schizophyllum commune, were studied by phase contrast microscopy. The nuclei (N) of multikaryotic apices maintained a near central position during hyphal growth. True clamp connection formation occurred with near synchronous mitosis followed by septal synthesis across the clamp neck and main hyphal axis. Nuclear progeny after mitosis in a hexakaryon included 6 N in the apex, 1 N in the clamp and 5 N in the penultimate cell; the solitary nucleus in the clamp later entered the penultimate cell. Similar events occurred for clamp connection formation and mitosis in the trikaryon, quadrikaryon or pentakaryon, whether in the apex or primary branches. Nuclear content of the multikaryotic apex (2 N through 10 N) had no apparent effect on the rate of individual hyphal growth. Reduction of the nuclear number in a trikaryon occurred by long-term entrappment of a solitary nucleus in the clamp and subsequent outgrowth of the dikaryotic penultimate cell. Occasionally, more than one nucleus became entrapped in the clamp cell. The ephemeral nature of the multikaryon was indicated by the fact that older cultures appeared to be exclusively dikaryotic hyphae at the colony periphery.
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Niederpruem, D.J. Direct studies of dikaryotization in Schizophyllum commune . Arch. Microbiol. 128, 172–178 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00406155
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