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KARYOGAMY (Gr. Kapvov, nut or kernel,...

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 684 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KARYOGAMY (Gr. Kapvov, See also:nut or See also:kernel, thus " See also:nucleus," and yaµos, See also:marriage) , in See also:biology: (1) the See also:fusion of nuclei to See also:KASAI See also:form a single See also:nucleus in syngamic processes (see See also:REPRODUCTION); (2) the See also:process of pairing in See also:Infusoria (q.v.), in which two migratory nuclei are interchanged and fuse with two stationary nuclei, while the cytoplasmic bodies. of the two mates are in intimate temporary See also:union .

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