Azygospore
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Azygospore is an asexual
ly formed zygospore
in fungi.
Also known as parthenogenically formed from a gamete
without gametic fusion.
Asexual reproduction
Asexual reproduction is a mode of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single parent, and inherit the genes of that parent only, it is reproduction which does not involve meiosis, ploidy reduction, or fertilization. A more stringent definition is agamogenesis which is reproduction without...
ly formed zygospore
Zygospore
A zygospore is a diploid reproductive stage in the life cycle of many fungi and protists. Zygospores are created by the nuclear fusion of haploid cells. In fungi, zygospores are termed chlamydospores and are formed after the fusion of hyphae of different mating types...
in fungi.
Also known as parthenogenically formed from a gamete
Gamete
A gamete is a cell that fuses with another cell during fertilization in organisms that reproduce sexually...
without gametic fusion.