homothallic

homothallic
In fungi, denoting a kind of sexual reproduction in which a nucleus of a thallus is capable of fusing with another nucleus from the same thallus or mating type. Cf.:heterothallic. [homo- + G. thallos, a young shoot]

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ho·mo·thal·lic .hō-mō-'thal-ik adj having only one haploid phase that produces two kinds of gametes capable of fusing to form a zygote
ho·mo·thal·lism -'thal-.iz-əm n

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