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Ascus

An ascus (from Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós) 'skin bag, wineskin'; pl.: asci) is the sexual spore-bearing cell produced in ascomycete fungi. Each ascus usually contains eight ascospores (or octad), produced by meiosis followed, in most species, by a mitotic cell division. However, asci in some genera or species can occur in numbers of one (e.g.…

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Ascus

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples13
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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related to Classification · 10
Ascus → Ascomycota, Hypomyces, Instead, Once, Operculum, The, There, This, Unitunicate, Unitunicate-operculate
related to External links · 3
Ascus → AscusAPSnet Illustrated Glossary, IMA Mycological Glossary, Plant Pathology

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asci ascospores spores four meiosis cases cell produced one may nuclei formation contains mitotic diploid croziers usually eight species division

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Ascusrelated to ClassificationThe0.60section
Ascusrelated to ClassificationAscomycota0.60section
Ascusrelated to ClassificationThere0.60section
Ascusrelated to ClassificationOperculum0.60section
Ascusrelated to ClassificationUnitunicate-operculate0.60section
Ascusrelated to ClassificationUnitunicate0.60section
Ascusrelated to ClassificationInstead0.60section
Ascusrelated to ClassificationOnce0.60section
Ascusrelated to ClassificationThis0.60section
Ascusrelated to ClassificationHypomyces0.60section
Ascusrelated to External linksIMA Mycological Glossary0.60section
Ascusrelated to External linksAscusAPSnet Illustrated Glossary0.60section

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