A unicellular sexual ciliate has seven different mating types that produce gametes of roughly the same size. Any gamete from any given mating type can fuse with any other gamete, except for one of its own mating type. These ciliates are exhibiting
A) anisogamy.
B) isogamy.
C) monogamy.
D) phenotypic plasticity.

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The ciliates are exhibiting isogamy, where gametes are of similar size and can fuse with gametes of different mating types, except their own.

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