Dikaryon

<h2 id="etymology">Etymology</h2>
<p>The name <i>dikaryon</i> comes from the <a href="/facts/Greek_language/pzDd6eIz">Greek</a> <i>δι- (di-)</i> meaning "two" and <i>κάρυον (karyon)</i> meaning "<a href="/facts/Nut_(fruit)/HvHpVkod">nut</a>", referring to the <a href="/facts/Cell_nucleus/D7sFRa3c">cell nucleus</a>.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li>Fungi portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Binucleated_cells/Gy8osKqh">Binucleated cells</a> (as a pathological state)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Heterokaryon/Pjm9fo8P">Heterokaryon</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Multinucleated_cells/mvaHLA0V">Multinucleated cells</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Syncytium/cplhv2rx">Syncytium</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120206053012/http://www.fungionline.org.uk/7sexual/5dikaryon.html">Fungi Online Page, Formation of Dikaryons</a></li>
<li><a href="http://website.nbm-mnb.ca/mycologywebpages/NaturalHistoryOfFungi/DikaryaDiscussion.html">[1]</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>van den Hoek, C., D.G. Mann, and H.M. Jahns 1995. Algae: an introduction to phycology, p. 430. Cambridge University Press (623 pp). <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Lee, S. H.; T. A. Motomura; T. Ichimura (1998). "Karyogamy follows plasmogamy in the life cycle of Derbesia tenuissima (Chlorophyta)". Phycologia. 37 (5): 330–333. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-37-5-330.1. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Dikaryon