Myxomycetes are

Saprobes or parasites having mycelia, asexual reproduction by fragmentation, sexual reproduction by fusion of gametes.

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Slimy mass of multinucleate protoplasm having pseudopodia-like structures for engulfing food, reproduction through fragmentation or zoospores.

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Prokaryotic organisms, cellular or acellular, saprobes or autotrophic, reproduce by binary fission.

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Eukaryotic single-celled or filamentous saprobes or autotrophs, asexual reproduction by the division of haploid individuals, sexual reproduction by fusion of two cells or their nuclei.

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The correct option is D Slimy mass of multinucleate protoplasm having pseudopodia-like structures for engulfing food, reproduction through fragmentation or zoospores.
The myxomycetes have an interesting life cycle, which includes a wet spore phase and a dry spore phase. When conditions are favorable, they move about like amoebae, resembling primitive animals. When conditions are not favorable they form a resting body (sclerotium) with dry, airborne spores. The myxomycetes are not considered to be true fungi. So option B is correct

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Choose the correct statements about reproduction.

a) Reproduction produces progeny with more or less similar features to the parents.

b) Reproduction occurs by involving one parent (asexual) or two parents (sexual).

c) Budding and fragmentation are the types of asexual reproduction.

d) Reproduction is not observed in non-living organisms.

Complete the following chart.

	Asexual reproduction		Sexual reproduction
1.	Reproduction that occurs with the help of somatic cells is called asexual reproduction.	1.	----------------------
2.	-------------------------------------------------------	2.	Male and female parent are necessary for sexual reproduction.
3.	This reproduction occurs with the help of mitosis only.	3.	----------------------------------
4.	----------------------------------------------	4.	New individual formed by this method is genetically different from parents.
5.	Asexual reproduction occurs in different individuals by various methods like binary 5 fission, multiple fission, budding, fragmentation, regeneration, vegetative propagation, spore production, etc.	5.	--------------------------------------

Q. State whether the following statements are true or false:

Statement 1: Amoeba reproduces by budding.
Statement 2: Binary fission is a method of asexual reproduction.

Identify the incorrect statement.
(a) In asexual reproduction, the offspring produced are morphologically and genetically identical to the parent.
(b) Zoospores are sexual reproductive structures.
(c) In asexual reproduction, a single parent prodices offspring with or without the formation of gametes.
(d) Conidica are asexual structure in Penicillium.

In Phycomycetes: 1. Asexual reproduction takes place by zoospores (non-motile) or by aplanospores (motile). 2. These spores are exogenously produced in sporangium. 3. A zygospore is formed by fusion of two gametes; if these gametes are similar in morphology (oogamous) or dissimilar (isogamous)
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