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Identify the correct statements w.r.t the spores of slime moulds:
a. Do not have cell wall
b. Extremely resistant
c. Survive for only few days
d. Dispersed by air current

a
b and d
b
a and b
c
a and c
d
b and c

detailed solution

Correct option is A

During unfavourable conditions, the plasmodium differentiates and forms fruiting bodies bearing spores at their tips. The spores possess true walls. They are extremely resistant and survive for many years, even under adverse conditions. The spores are dispersed by air currents.

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Select the correct option with respect to slime moulds.
(i) They form fruiting body in unfavourable condition.
(ii) They are walled in vegetative phase, wall-less in reproductive phase.
(iii) It's spores have cell wall and they are extremely resistant.
(iv) In them, meiosis occurs in sporangia or in zygote.


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