Question

What is the fission type of reproduction in organisms?

Answer 1

Fission:

1. Fission is a kind of Asexual reproduction.
2. It refers to the process of producing new offspring from a single parent.
3. Both physically and genetically, the offsprings are identical to one another.
4. They are identical to their parent cell. As a result, they are ‘clones’.

Types of fission:

1. The organisms divide into daughter cells during fission.
2. These are binary fission, fragmentation, budding, and vegetative propagation.

i) Fragmentation:

1. Another type of asexual reproduction is fragmentation.
2. Planaria, spirogyra, and other multicellular creatures reproduce by fragmentation.
3. The parent body breaks off into two or more pieces. Each fragment eventually grows into a new person.

ii) Vegetative propagation:

1. Plants reproduce asexually by means of their vegetative parts, which include leaves, roots, stems, and buds.
2. Vegetative propagation is the term for this method. For example, onion bulbs, potato tubers, runners, etc.

iii) Budding:

1. Buds appear on the bodies of several creatures.
2. These buds mature into a new person. This is referred to as budding. A hydra is an example.
3. A bud grows from the parent hydra and eventually matures into a young hydra.

iv) Binary fission:

1. Binary fission is a method of asexual reproduction in which a microorganism divides into two equal halves, as seen in Amoeba.
2. During binary fission, the cells that split have the ability to develop to the size of the original one.
3. Transverse and longitudinal binary fission are the two types of binary fission.