Editing Plasmogamy

{{short description|Stage in sexual fungal reproduction}}
{{see also|Mating in fungi}}
'''Plasmogamy''' is a stage in the [[sexual reproduction]] of [[fungi]], in which the [[protoplasm]] of two parent cells (usually from the [[mycelia]]) fuse without the fusion of [[Nucleus (cell)|nuclei]], effectively bringing two [[haploid]] nuclei close together in the same cell. This state is followed by [[karyogamy]], where the two nuclei fuse and then undergo [[meiosis]] to produce spores.<ref name="Britannica">{{Cite encyclopedia | title = fungus (biology) :: Sexual reproduction | encyclopedia = Britannica | url = http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/222357/fungus/57957/Sexual-reproduction |access-date = 20 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Abedon|first=Stephen|title=Plasmogamy|url=http://www.biologyaspoetry.com/terms/plasmogamy.html|work=Biology as Poetry|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>
The dikaryotic state that comes after plasmogamy will often persist for many generations before the fungi undergoes karyogamy. In lower fungi however, plasmogamy is usually immediately followed by karyogamy.<ref name="Britannica" />  A comparative genomic study indicated the presence of the machinery for plasmogamy, [[karyogamy]] and [[meiosis]] in the [[Amoebozoa]].<ref name="pmid30380054">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hofstatter PG, Brown MW, ((Lahr DJG)) |title=Comparative Genomics Supports Sex and Meiosis in Diverse Amoebozoa |journal=Genome Biol Evol |volume=10 |issue=11 |pages=3118–3128 |date=November 2018 |pmid=30380054 |pmc=6263441 |doi=10.1093/gbe/evy241 }}</ref>

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