zygophores

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A form of zygophore — A specialized hyphal branch giving rise to isogametes that unite to produce a zygospore

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of zygophore

    Note how the zygophores are tightly appressed parallel to each other while fusing to form the progametangia.

    2015 July 17, “Zygomycetes in Vesicular Basanites from Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin – A New Type of Cryptoendolithic Fungi”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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