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Plasmodial slime mold is an example of an multinucleated cell. If you were to View under a microscope you would notice a huge mass whit multiple nuclei. what part of the cell cycle is skipped in the formation of the cell?

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The process of cytokinesis, which is present in the cell cycle of other organim, is not present in Plasmodial slime mold's cell cycle. Cytokinesis in other organisms pulls newly-divided cells apart. In Plasmodial slime mold cell cycle, a coenocyte which is its resulting structure, is created by many nuclear divisions without the presence of cytokinesis. In other cases, the resulting structure is called a syncytium which is created by the fusion of cells after division.

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