Gametangium

Real World Example

Imagine you're baking a cake, and you need to prepare separate bowls for wet and dry ingredients before combining them to make the batter. This is similar to how a gametangium in zygomycetes operates, where it serves as a separate structure that produces gametes (analogous to ingredients) before they come together to form a zygote (like the cake batter). Just as you need to prepare each component in its own space before mixing for the perfect cake, the gametangium ensures that gametes are produced in their own dedicated haploid structure before merging for successful reproduction.