Q. What is multiple fission?

Solution :

Multiple fission

Definition :

” The process of asexual reproduction in which many daughter cells are produced from the parent cell is called multiple fission.

Process of Multiple fission

Fig – Showing Multiple fission

i) The nucleus is repeatedly divided during this process to produce a large number of nuclei.
ii) Each nucleus takes up a small amount of cytoplasm, and a membrane is subsequently produced around each cell.

iii) All of the generated offspring cells have similar and identical sizes.
Example – It is frequently noticed in species like Plasmodium.

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