Morphological plasticity is a hallmark of eumycetes. In addition to genes and environment, epigenetic factors control cell, colony and thallus forms in many species, by creating reversible switches. Current knowledge indicates that the different shapes are due to structural or regulatory heritable states of cytoplasmic components. Cellular physiology differs in the various forms, permitting adaptation to fluctuation in the environment. These switches are part of the adaptation repertoire that fungi exhibit to colonize most niches.

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真菌形态学的非孟德尔决定因素。

形态可塑性是真菌的标志。除了基因和环境外，表观遗传因子还通过产生可逆开关来控制许多物种中的细胞，集落和and的形成。当前的知识表明，不同的形状是由于细胞质成分的结构或调节遗传状态。细胞生理学的不同形式不同，可以适应环境的波动。这些开关是真菌表现出的定居在大多数生态位中的一部分。