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Chapter 10, Problem 16TYU
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To determine: The evolutionary advantages of sexual reproduction with the associated process of meiosis during unfavorable conditions.
Introduction: Reproduction is the process by which the organisms propagate their species by the union of the male and females gametes in case of sexual reproduction or by other asexual means.
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Which statement about life cycles with a dikaryon stage is false?
A zygosporangium results from the fusion of two coenocytic hyphae.
In effect, the dikaryon is neither diploid nor haploid.
Dikaryotic hyphae often have characteristics that are different from those of their n or 2n products.
The only true diploid structure is the zygote.
There are no gamete cells, only gamete nuclei.
In embryophytes, especially spermatophya, what is the difference between a "sporocyte" (e.g., megasporocyte) and the actual spore (e.g., megaspore)?
a) Meiosis: Megasporocyte is still diploid, megaspore haploid
b) Mitosis, number of nuclei: Megaspore has eight cell nuclei, megasporocyte only one
c) Cytokinesis: Megasporocyte has only one cell, Megaspore can have several (as endosporic gametophyte).
d) None: the two terms are synonymous.
e) Meiosis: Megaspore is still diploid, megasporocyte haploid
When the Ascomycetes fungus reproduces sexually, mating type A fungi cross fertilize mating type a fungi. The resulting zygotes undergo meiotic and then mitotic division to produce asci with eight ascospores. The ascospores in the asci are ordered and reflect the position of the parental nuclei in the zygote.
Use the passage to answer the question.
How is the life cycle of Ascomycetes different from that of humans?
A. Haploid cells undergo meiosis.
B. Haploid cells undergo mitosis.
C. Diploid cells undergo meiosis.
D. Diploid cells undergo mitosis.
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Biology (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 10.1 - Discuss the significance of chromosomes in terms...Ch. 10.1 - Explain how DNA is packed into chromosomes in...Ch. 10.1 - What are the informational units on chromosomes...Ch. 10.1 - How is the large discrepancy between DNA length...Ch. 10.2 - Identify the stages in the eukaryotic cell cycle...Ch. 10.2 - Describe the structure of a duplicated chromosome,...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 5LOCh. 10.2 - Prob. 1CCh. 10.2 - What are the stages of mitosis, and what happens...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 6LO
Ch. 10.3 - What are cell-cycle checkpoints?Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 2CCh. 10.4 - Prob. 7LOCh. 10.4 - Distinguish between haploid and diploid cells, and...Ch. 10.4 - Prob. 9LOCh. 10.4 - 10.2 What are the stages of mitosis, and what...Ch. 10.4 - Prob. 1CCh. 10.4 - Prob. 2CCh. 10.4 - Can haploid cells divide by mitosis? by meiosis?Ch. 10.5 - Prob. 11LOCh. 10.5 - Prob. 1CCh. 10.5 - Prob. 2CCh. 10 - A nucleosome consists of (a) DNA and scaffolding...Ch. 10 - Test Your Understanding 2. At which of the...Ch. 10 - In a cell at __________, each chromosome consists...Ch. 10 - The molecular tether that links sister chromatids...Ch. 10 - In an animal cell at mitotic metaphase, you would...Ch. 10 - A diploid nucleus at early mitotic prophase has...Ch. 10 - You would expect to find a synaptonemal complex in...Ch. 10 - A chiasma links a pair of (a) homologous...Ch. 10 - VISUALIZE Sketch a mitotic prophase chromosome and...Ch. 10 - CONNECT Does the DNA content of the cell change...Ch. 10 - Fill out the following table for a cell with 5...Ch. 10 - Fill out the following table for a diploid cell...Ch. 10 - In questions 13 and 14, decide whether each is an...Ch. 10 - Prob. 14TYUCh. 10 - EVOLUTION link How does mitosis provide evidence...Ch. 10 - Prob. 16TYU
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