In this article we will discuss about the presence of sex hormones in achlya. It was de Bary (1881) who first reported the presence of sex hormones in dioecious species of Achlya. In 1908, Kaufmann supported the contention of de Bary on the basis of his observations on Saprolegnia hypogyna. According to Kaufmann, the development of antheridial hyphae is stimulated [...]
In this article we will discuss about the procedure for obtaining fungal culture in the pure form. The mycologist raises pure culture of a fungus to study the fungus in detail regarding its reproduction, physiology and genetics. The pure culture may be on liquid solid/media and in obtaining the pure culture of the organism, the mycologist employs certain procedure. 1. [...]
The upcoming discussion will update you about the differences between sexual cycle and parasexual cycle. Difference # Sexual Cycle: 1. Nuclear fusion takes place in specialised structures. 2. Zygotes usually persist one nuclear-generation. 3. Recombination by meiosis; crossing over in all chromosome pairs, of reduction of chromosome number, and random assortment of members of each chromosome pair are characteristics of [...]