Karyogamy in a fungal life cycle involves
A) the fusion of two hyphal nuclei.
B) the formation of a motile sperm cell that swims to an egg cell.
C) the fusion of the cytoplasmic contents of two hyphae but not the nuclei.
D) the formation of multinucleate hyphae in which the nuclei are not separated by cell walls.
E) asexual reproduction.

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Karyogamy in a fungal life cycle involves the fusion of two hyphal nuclei, which is option A. This fusion results in the formation of a diploid zygote, which later undergoes meiosis to form haploid spores.

Karyogamy in a Fungal Life Cycle Involves