Abstract
sexual reproduction in fungi is characterised by a wide variety of mechanisms and controlling factors. The underlying feature, typical of all sexually reproducing organisms, is a fusion event involving two compatible nuclei. However, fungi are mostly haploid, and meiotic division occurs after nuclear fusion. In this respect the fungi differ from most other eukaryotes. The bringing together of the compatible nuclei is achieved in a variety of ways, ranging from the exogenous fusion of gametes, through mechanisms which involve the production of distinct sex organs, to the situation in many fungi where gametes and sexual structures are not produced but where “mating” involves the fusion or anastomosis of somatic or vegetative cells.
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Peberdy, J.F. (1980). Sexual Reproduction in Fungi. In: Developmental Microbiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3927-4_8
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