homokaryoticadj.
/ˌhɒməʊkarɪˈɒtɪk/ Botany.
Exhibiting homokaryosis.
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the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [adjective] > of or exhibiting particular stage or condition
imperfect1798
perfect1854
heterothallic1904
homothallic1904
homokaryotic1916
1916 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms (ed. 3) 183/2 Homokaryotic.
1921 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 210 111 The contamination may be purely cytoplasmic, and the progeny of such a cell will therefore still be homocaryotic.
1939 Mycologia 31 226 Although the conidia and ascospores of B[otryosphaeria] Ribis are multi~nucleate, all of the nuclei of a single conidium or ascospore have the same origin and hence are homocaryotic or genetically similar.
1955 G. M. Smith Cryptogamic Bot. (ed. 2) I. xi. 414 Multi~nucleate mycelia of Mucorales and of other fungi may be homokaryotic..or they may be heterokaryotic.
Derivatives
homokaryon n. /hɒməʊˈkærɪən/ a homokaryotic cell, structure, or organism.
/hɒməʊˈkærɪən/ a homokaryotic cell, structure, or organism.ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > substance > cell > cell substance > [noun] > protoplasm or cytoplasm > condition of nuclei in a common cytoplasm > cell or organism having
homokaryon1949
1949 H. W. Florey et al. Antibiotics II. xvi. 673 Heterokaryons are, in general, more vigorous than the homokaryons from which they originate.
1969 G. Sermonti Genetics Antibiotic-producing Microorganisms ii. 38 In such cases a balanced combination of two (or more) genotypes enjoys a selective advantage over either homokaryon.
homokaryosis n. /ˌhɒməʊkærɪˈəʊsɪs/ the condition, prevalent among fungi, in which two or more genetically identical nuclei are maintained in a common cytoplasm.
/ˌhɒməʊkærɪˈəʊsɪs/ the condition, prevalent among fungi, in which two or more genetically identical nuclei are maintained in a common cytoplasm.ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > substance > cell > cell substance > [noun] > protoplasm or cytoplasm > condition of nuclei in a common cytoplasm
homokaryosis1928
heterokaryosis1932
1928 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms (ed. 4) 443/1 Homocaryosis.
1951 D. G. Catcheside Genetics of Micro-organisms iv. 72 Not too much reliance must be placed in the homocaryosis of a strain maintained for some time by vegetative transfers.
1969 G. Sermonti Genetics Antibiotic-producing Microorganisms v. 165 They often continue to segregate even after homokaryosis has been established.
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adj.1916