Multiple fission occurs in one of the following. This is :
(a) bread mould
(b) kala-azar parasite
(c) flatworm
(d) malaria parasite

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(d) malaria parasite
Plasmodium, which causes malaria, reproduces by multiple fission.

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Multiple fission occurs in one of the following. This is : (a) bread mould (b) kala-azar parasite (c) flatworm (d) malaria parasite

(d) malaria parasite Plasmodium, which causes malaria, reproduces by ​multiple fission.

Multiple fission occurs in one of the following. This is :
(a) bread mould
(b) kala-azar parasite
(c) flatworm
(d) malaria parasite

(d) malaria parasite
Plasmodium, which causes malaria, reproduces by multiple fission.