Exam 2 Flashcards
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Monokaryotic (n)
cell has one or more haploid nuclei of a single genetic type
Plasmogamy
sexual fusion of cytoplasm of two cells, and followed by karyogamy
Dikaryotic (n+n) “heterokaryotic”
a cell containing genetically different nuclei
Karyogamy
fusion of two nuclei
Hyphae
filaments comprising the body of fungus. chains of connected cells
sexual reproduction of fungi cycle (8)
- meiosis 2. haploid 3. gametes. 4. haploid and monokaryotic 5. plasmogamy 6. haploid and dikaryotic 7. Zygote Karyogamy 8. Diploid
Sexual reproduction may
involve union of (4):
- hyphae
- motile gametes
- male and female gametangia
- female gametangium with motile or non-motile sperm
yeast
single globular cell body type, morphological not taxonomical
mycelium
mass of many hyphae, clustered in one fungal body, located underground
coenocytic
the multinucleate hyphae without cell walls in mycelium
budding
(yeast) mitotic cell division is the common way the fungus exploits a resource-rich environment
asexual spores (mitospores)
spores produced by mitosis
asexual reproduction of fungi cycle
- mycelium 2. mitosis 3. spores 4. germination
modes of asexual reproduction
fragmenation, budding, and asexual spores (mitospores)
two main body forms of fungi
mycelium and yeast
mycelium septate
cell walls separating each successfully arranged cell with a nucleus in mycelium
evolutionary origin of fungi
similarities to animals (3)
opisthokonta eukaryotic supergroup (posterior flagellum).
similarities of animals and fungi:
1. similar DNA sequence for ribosomal RNA involved in protein synthesis
2. motile cells have flagella
3. mannitol and trehalose are similar to storage compounds in animals
distinguishing features of fungi (7)
domain, mode of nutrition, cell walls, _loid nuclei, sexual or asexual spores?
1) Eukaryotic, membrane-bound organelles- ER, vacuoles, and mitochondria
2) Hyphae, apical growth, mycelium, yeast
3) Heterotrophs
4) Cell walls made of chitin and glucans
5) Storage compounds – mannitol, trehalose, glycogen
6) Haploid nuclei
7) Sexual and asexual spores
distinguishing features and evolutionary origins of chytridiomycota (6) cell walls?, single or multicellular?, found where, haploid or diploid, about spores, structure
earliest branch of fungi.
- have chitin and glucans in cell walls
- only true fungi that produce motile flagellated spores
- typically singe-celled
- found on decaying matter in moist soils or aquatic environments or rumen of animals
- anchored to their organic substrates with thin tapering rhizoids
- alternate between two generations: haploid and diploid
distinguishing features and evolutionary origins of zygomycota (5) haploid or diploid, about spores,
second branch of fungi.
- Ceonocyctic (hyphae without septa)
- Haploid only generation (monobiontic)
- Only group to produce large, resting zygospores after karyogamy
- sexual spores produced in large sporangia on stalk
- Rhizopus is the genus for bread mold
distinguishing features and evolutionary origins of glomeromycota (5)
third branch of fungi
- Form mycorrhizae with roots of plants, type of mycorrhizae called VAM
- use arbuscule for symbiotic exchange with plants.
- use vesicles to store lipids
- fossils from devonian period show widespread association between fungi and roots of early plants like in Asteroxylon and Rhynia
- asexual reproduction only
apical growth
they add and grow new cells on the terminal ends of the filaments the apex or the apices
heterotroph
they need pre-formed organic compounds as energy and also as carbon skeletons for biosynthesis of other compounds
chitin
part of cell wall, long chains of glucosamine a nitrogen containing molecule that is derived from glucose