Question

The illustration represents binary fission. Why is binary fission in Paramecium considered as asexual reproduction? A) Binary fission produces identical daughter cells. B) Binary fission produces non-identical daughter cells. C) Binary fission produces more than two daughter cells. D) Binary fission produces small and large daughter cells.

Answer 1

The answer is A because sexual reproduction don't give identical offsprings but asexual reproduction does

Answer 2

The right answer is A) Binary fission produces identical daughter cells.

Binary fission is a process where a mother cell gives two identical daughter cells (this is asexual reproduction since it is not done through gametes). A growth by binary fission leads, therefore, the doubling of the population with each generation.

It is the most common cell multiplication in prokaryotes.