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| − | '''ascus''' (''pl.'' asci) – a sac-like or pouch-like structure containing one or several (most often 8) | + | '''ascus''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], [[Category:Ascus term]][[:Category:Ascus term|ascus term]], ''pl.'' asci) – a sac-like or pouch-like structure containing one or several (most often 8) [[ascospore]]s as a result of [[sexual reproduction]] ([[plasmogamy]] – [[karyogamy]] – [[meiosis]], often followed by one or several [[mitoses]] – [[free-cell formation]]); the processes of ascospore formation take place inside a [[pre-ascus]], i. e., a considerably inflated cell forming at the tip of [[ascogeneous]], i. e., [[dikaryotic]] hyphae; the ascus is thus in effect a [[meiosporangium]] formed by the dikaryotic generation of [[ascomycete]]s, i. e., the [[sporomycelium]]. |
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| + | (See also the [[Category:Part-of categorization]][[:Category:Part-of categorization|part-of categorization]]: [[Category:Part of ascus]][[:Category:Part of ascus|part of ascus]].) | ||
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ascus (noun,ascus term, pl. asci) – a sac-like or pouch-like structure containing one or several (most often 8) ascospores as a result of sexual reproduction (plasmogamy – karyogamy – meiosis, often followed by one or several mitoses – free-cell formation); the processes of ascospore formation take place inside a pre-ascus, i. e., a considerably inflated cell forming at the tip of ascogeneous, i. e., dikaryotic hyphae; the ascus is thus in effect a meiosporangium formed by the dikaryotic generation of ascomycetes, i. e., the sporomycelium.
(See also thepart-of categorization:part of ascus.)
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