Similarities between Fungi and Animals
Definition: Fungi are microscopic or
macroscopic, non-chlorophyllated, spore bearing, filamentous, heterotrophic
thallophytes which reproduce asexually and sexually
Animals are eukaryotic living organism that
feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous
system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli.
Molecular phylogenetic studies
revealed that fungi are more closely related to animals than plants
1. Both fungi and animals are without
chlorophyll
2. Both are having heterotrophic mode
of nutrition (not self synthesizers like plants)
3. In both, the cells are eukaryotic
with organelles like mitochondrion, ER, Golgi etc
4. Both store carbohydrate as
glycogen (reserve food)
5. Both are having chitin; cell wall
of fungus is primarily made up of chitin whereas in some animals, chitin is
present in the exoskeletal structures
of insects, spiders and crustaceans.
6. Generally both are multicellular
(Exception: Yeast is unicellular fungus)
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