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Agriculture · Q101

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 101

Q101

The adjacent cells of the same fungal hypha brought into communication with each other by means of loops is known as

A.
Transduction
B.
Transformation
C.
Clamp connection
Answer
D.
Conjugation

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The adjacent cells of the same fungal hypha brought into communication with each other using loops are known as a Clamp connection.
A clamp connection is a hook-like structure formed by growing hyphal cells of certain fungi. It is a characteristic feature of Basidiomycetes fungi.
It is created to ensure that each cell or segment of hypha separated by septa receives a set of differing nuclei, which are obtained through the mating of hyphae of differing sexual types.
It is used to maintain genetic variation within the hypha much like the mechanisms found in crozier (hook) during sexual reproduction.