Suppose That You Discover a Fungus That Makes Both Sexual

question 46

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you discover a fungus that makes both sexual and asexual spores. Suppose also that the sexual spores are made in groups of eight within a structure that bursts open to release the spores. And the structures containing sexual spores are found within a multicellular structure that is about 13 cm tall. Into which group should you classify this fungus?

• A) Basidiomycota
• B) Zygomycota
• C) Glomeromycota
• D) Ascomycota

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Definitions:

Initiation

First stage of translation in which the translational machinery binds an mRNA and assembles.

Elongation

Middle stage of translation in which additional amino acids specified by the mRNA are added to the growing polypeptide.

Termination

End of translation that occurs when a ribosome reaches a stop codon on the mRNA that it is translating, causing release of the completed protein.

Translation

The process in which cellular ribosomes create proteins, decoding the information contained in messenger RNA.