dikaryotic

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪkæɹiˈɒtɪk/
• enPR: dī-ˌkar-ē-ˈät-ik

Adjective

dikaryotic (not comparable)

1. (cytology, of a cell) Containing two nuclei.
2. (biology) Relating to a dikaryon.
   • 2005, Ming Hao Pei, Alistair R. McCracken, editors, Rust Diseases of Willow and Poplar, CABI, →ISBN, page 170:

     In the substomatal chamber all the signals that regulate the interaction between fungus and host are present along the entire structure of the rust fungus, from the vesicle to the first haustorium which, in the dikaryotic stage, is the first intracellular structure (Mendgen et al., 1988; Heath, 1989, 1995).

References

• “dikaryotic”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Phelan, Jay. What is life? A guide to biology. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company. 2010. Print.

Further reading

• Fungionline.org.uk[1]