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Examples of syncytia in nature. (a) Myoblasts are fused to form multinucleated muscle fibers. (b) Slime mold Physarum polycephalum, multinucleate protoplasm formed by the fusion of individual amoebae. (c) Endospermal–placental syncytia in developmental stages of Urticularia seeds, the formation of syncytia occurs in the placenta. The syncytia harbor two populations of nuclei, a nucleus from the nutritive tissue, and a giant endosperm nucleus (modified from [8]).
