JAMB - Biology (2007 - No. 42)

Use the diagram above to answer this question.

The structure labelled l is the

sporangium
hypha
zygospore
conidiospore

Explanation

The part labelled I is the zygospore.

A zygospore in Rhizopus is a thick-walled, resting spore formed through sexual reproduction when two compatible hyphae (male and female) fuse together, creating a structure that contains multiple nuclei which then fuse to form diploid nuclei, essentially acting as the "seed" for a new Rhizopus individual; it's a key characteristic of this fungus and is considered a key identifying feature of the Zygomycete phylum to which Rhizopus belongs. 

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