noun
- Plural of heterokaryon; the condition or state of having nuclei with different genetic compositions within the same cell or organism, commonly observed in fungi.
Usage: technical; biology; mycology
Examples
- Heterokaryoses in Neurospora allow researchers to study complementation and genetic interactions.
- The fungal heterokaryoses demonstrated how different nuclei could coexist and cooperate within a single cytoplasm.
- Scientists induced heterokaryoses by fusing hyphae from different strains to investigate gene function.
- These heterokaryoses provided valuable insights into nuclear-cytoplasmic relationships in filamentous fungi.