The flagellate structures in acellular slime moulds are
A
Myxamoebae
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B
Swarm cells
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C
Spores
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D
Both B and C
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Solution
The correct option is D Swarm cells
In Acellular slime moulds, or plasmodial slime moulds,
Plasmodium is formed when thousands of individual flagellate structures or cells swarm together (swarm cells)and
fuse.
This leads to a large bag of cytoplasm with a lot of diploid nuclei.