Kingdom Protista:
- All the organisms of Kingdom Protista are unicellular and eukaryotic.
- Each cell have a membrane bound nucleus and all membrane bound organelles.
- The cells may occur in colonies but are not organised into tissues.
- They have structures like pseudopodia, cilia or flagella for locomotion.
- They can be either autotrophic or heterotrophic.
- They can reproduce by either sexual or a sexual methods.
- Some examples are amoeba, diatoms etc.
Meiosis:
- Meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces four gamete cells.
- This process is required to produce gamete cells for sexual reproduction.
Yes, protists use meiosis division:
- Protists undergo meiosis during sexual reproduction.
- They produce gametes that undergo syngamy to produce a zygote.