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Why some organism's have two nucleus

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Yes, they are called multi nucleate.There are two types of multinucleated cells

  • Syncytia
  • Coenocytes
  • Coenocyte: when a single cell with a single nucleus performs several cell divisions without dividing the cytoplasm (cytokinesis);
  • Syncytium: when several uninucleate cells aggregate, forming a single multinucleate cell.

Therefore, every syncytium is a multinucleate cell, but not every multinucleate cell is a syncytium.


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