A researcher isolates a species of fungus that only reproduces sexually. He introduces individual hyphae-all of the same mating type (e.g., with the same mating-type alleles)-into a petri dish. What do you expect will happen with the fungi in this dish?
A)Fungi in the dish will mate, forming spores by means of sexual reproduction.
B)Fungi in the dish will not mate, but will form spores by means of asexual reproduction.
C)No spores will be formed by fungi in the petri dish.

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Since all the hyphae introduced into the petri dish have the same mating-type alleles and the fungus only reproduces sexually, they will not be able to mate with each other due to the lack of compatible mating types. Therefore, no spores will be formed.

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