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'''isogamic gametangiogamy''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], [[Category:No plural]][[:Category:No plural|no plural]]) – the [[fusion]] of two [[gametangia]] that appear structurally identical or very similar but nevertheless typically contain genetically different [[nuclei]]. [[Asci]] are typically formed directly from the fusion cell of the two gametangia. In yeasts [[uninucleate]] [[somatic]] cells directly act as gametangia, fuse and the fusion cell, the zygote, directly develops into an [[ascus]].

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