Which of the following statements CORRECTLY describes a difference between sexual reproduction and parasexuality?
A)Crossing over occurs during mitosis in parasexual fungi and meiosis in sexually reproducing fungi.
B)Parasexual fungi do not form a heterokaryotic stage, whereas sexually reproducing fungi do form a heterokaryotic stage.
C)In sexually reproducing fungi, karyogamy produces a diploid nucleus, whereas in parasexual fungi, karyogamy produces a dikaryotic nucleus.
D)The haploid chromosome number is restored by meiosis in parasexual fungi and by mitosis in sexually reproducing fungi.
E)Parasexuality does not generate genetic diversity, whereas sexual reproduction does generate genetic diversity.

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Crossing over occurs during mitosis in parasexual fungi, which is a process where genetic material is exchanged between non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes. This contrasts with sexually reproducing fungi, where crossing over occurs during meiosis, a key step in sexual reproduction that contributes to genetic diversity.

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