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Brachymeiosis is a characteristic of ascomycetous fungi. It involves

  1. two reductional and one equational division

  2. two reductional and two equational division

  3. one reductional and two equational division

  4. one reductional and one equational division
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Explanation

Brachymeiosis is a modified meiotic process in some ascomycetous fungi. Unlike typical meiosis (one reductional, one equational division), brachymeiosis involves two reductional divisions followed by one equational division. This unique pattern results in four nuclei from one diploid cell, but with different chromosome numbers than standard meiosis.

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