Consider the following statements about sexual reproduction.
(I) In class–Phycomycetes, sexual reproduction produces a resting diploid spore called zygospore.
(II) Zygospores are formed by the fusion of two gametes.
(III) All zygospores are of isogamous type.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Statement (I) is correct: In Phycomycetes, sexual reproduction leads to the formation of a zygospore, which is a thick-walled, resting, and diploid spore.
Statement (II) is correct: Zygospores are formed through the fusion of two gametes (plasmogamy followed by karyogamy).
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