swarm cell

biology

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reproduction of Myxomycetes

  • Lycogala, a common myxomycete of wood, whose sporangia resemble small puffballs
    In Myxomycetes

    …which may transform into so-called swarm cells with two flagella (whiplike structures used in swimming). The swarm cells often revert to the amoeboid stage. Formerly, it was believed that reproduction involved the nonsexual fusion of swarm cells, but the process is now thought to be sexual.

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