Stages of a Neurospora cross Sexual spores grow to adults Asci Meiosis 1 Synchronous division and fusion + to form diploid meiocytes Cross- fertilization Maternal nucleus Mating type A Maternal nucleus Mating type a wo mutants are FIGURE 3-9 The lfe cycle of Neurospora crassa, the orange bread mold. Self-fertilization is not possible in this species: there are two mating types, determined by the alleles A and a of one gene, and either can act as "female." An asexual spore from the opposite mating type fuses with a receptive hair, and a nucleus from the asexual spore trav- els down the hair to pair with a female nucleus in the knot of cells. The A and a d types will be pair then undergo synchronous mitoses, finally fusing to form diploid meiocytes.

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In Figure 3-9,
a. identify the diploid nuclei.
b. identify which part of the figure illustrates Mendel’s
first law.

Stages of a Neurospora cross
Sexual spores
grow to adults
Asci
Meiosis
1 Synchronous division and fusion +
to form diploid meiocytes
Cross-
fertilization
Maternal nucleus
Mating type A
Maternal nucleus
Mating type a
wo mutants are
FIGURE 3-9 The lfe cycle of
Neurospora crassa, the orange bread
mold. Self-fertilization is not possible in
this species: there are two mating types,
determined by the alleles A and a of one
gene, and either can act as "female." An
asexual spore from the opposite mating
type fuses with a receptive hair, and a
nucleus from the asexual spore trav-
els down the hair to pair with a female
nucleus in the knot of cells. The A and a
d types will be
pair then undergo synchronous mitoses,
finally fusing to form diploid meiocytes.
Transcribed Image Text:Stages of a Neurospora cross Sexual spores grow to adults Asci Meiosis 1 Synchronous division and fusion + to form diploid meiocytes Cross- fertilization Maternal nucleus Mating type A Maternal nucleus Mating type a wo mutants are FIGURE 3-9 The lfe cycle of Neurospora crassa, the orange bread mold. Self-fertilization is not possible in this species: there are two mating types, determined by the alleles A and a of one gene, and either can act as "female." An asexual spore from the opposite mating type fuses with a receptive hair, and a nucleus from the asexual spore trav- els down the hair to pair with a female nucleus in the knot of cells. The A and a d types will be pair then undergo synchronous mitoses, finally fusing to form diploid meiocytes.
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