In the context of reproduction of species state the main difference between fission and fragmentation. Also give one example of each.
Answer:
|
Fission |
Fragmentation |
|
Method of asexual reproduction found in unicellular organisms where the parent organism splits to form two or more daughter cells. |
Method of asexual reproduction found in multicellular organisms where the parent organism breaks up into smaller pieces called fragments. Each fragment can then grow into a complete organism. |
|
Example: Amoeba |
Example: Spirogyra |
