Dikarya
Translingual
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + κάρυον (káruon, “nucleus”, literally “kernel”).
Proper noun
Dikarya
- Fungi with dikaryotic hyphae, in which cells contain a haploid nucleus from each parent rather than a single haploid or diploid nucleus:
- A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Fungi.[1]
- A taxonomic clade within the clade Opisthokonta.
Synonyms
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Hypernyms
- (clade): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Unikonta - supergroup; Opisthokonta - clade; Fungi - kingdom
- (subkingdom): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom[1]
Hyponyms
- (clade and subkingdom): Ascomycota, Basidiomycota - subphyla[1]
Coordinate terms
References
Dikarya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dikarya on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Dikarya at National Center for Biotechnology Information