A Researcher Isolates a Species of Fungus That Only Reproduces

question 92

Multiple Choice

A researcher isolates a species of fungus that only reproduces sexually. He introduces individual hyphaeall of the same mating type (e.g., with the same mating-type alleles) into a petri dish. What do you expect will happen with the fungi in this dish?

• A)Fungi in the dish will mate, forming spores by means of sexual reproduction.
• B)Fungi in the dish will not mate, but will form spores by means of asexual reproduction.
• C)No spores will be formed by fungi in the petri dish.

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