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When three Spirogyra filaments are parti...

When three Spirogyra filaments are participating in conjugation, the possibilites are that

A

The middle one may be female and outer ones are male

B

The middle one may be male and outer ones are female

C

Both a and b

D

None of the above

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c
Rarely three filaments may take part in scalariform conjugation . Here the central filament shows relative sexually and behave as male to one and female to other so that zygospore are formed in either central or lateral filaments.
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