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dikaryon

A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | 260 words | Copyright

dikaryon A cell of a fungal hypha or mycelium containing two haploid nuclei of different strains. The nuclei associate in pairs but do not fuse, therefore the cell is not truly diploid. Dikaryosis occurs in the Basidiomycota and Ascomycota. See heterokaryosis.

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