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NCERT Exemplar · Q6

Q.A dikaryon is formed when

(a) Meiosis is arrested
(b) The two haploid cells do not fuse immediately
(c) Cytoplasm does not fuse
(d) None of the above
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A dikaryon is the delayed-fusion stage of certain fungi, option (B).

When fungi reproduce sexually, two compatible haploid hyphae come together and fuse. In many fungi this fusion of haploid cells immediately produces a diploid (2n) cell. But in ascomycetes and basidiomycetes, the process pauses partway: the cells fuse (cytoplasmic union has taken place) yet their two nuclei stay distinct within the same cell, giving an n+n condition with two nuclei per cell rather than one fused nucleus. This condition is called a dikaryon, and the phase during which it persists is the dikaryophase. Only later do the parental nuclei actually fuse, at which point the cell becomes truly diploid. …

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