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Statement A: During favourable conditins, the individual cells of slime moulds unite and form a multinucleate structure plasmodium.
Statement B: In unfavourable conditions the plasmodium differentiates into fruiting body.
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Correct option is B
In cellular slime moulds, in favourble conditions, the uninucleate cells fuse and form a multicucleate syncytium called plasmodium (actually pseudoplasmodium). In unfavourable conditions, this plasmodium differentiates and forms fruiting body which forms spores with cellulosic cell walls dispersed by wind.Talk to our academic expert!
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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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