What is the difference between binary fission in amoeba and leishmania?
Amoeba reproduces through simple binary fission. Amoeba reproduces asexually through binary fission. In this process of reproduction, a single amoeba is divided into two similar daughter cells. It grows larger and one nucleus in the amoeba splits and forms two nuclei. The amoeba is produced by the single parent.
In Leishmania, binary fission occurs in a definite orientation. Nuclear division is followed by the appearance of a constriction in the cell membrane. The membrane grows transversely inwards from the middle of the dividing cell. Cytoplasm separates into two equal parts having one nucleus each. The daughter cell may separate from each other and form two new organisms.