Multiple choice

Schizosaccharomyces octosporus shows

  1. haplodiplontic life cycle

  2. diplontic life cycle

  3. haplontic life cycle

  4. Both 1 and 2
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Explanation

Schizosaccharomyces octosporus, like many yeasts, spends the majority of its life cycle in the haploid state, undergoing meiosis immediately after zygote formation. This characterizes a haplontic life cycle.

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