In the process of binary fission, an organism duplicates its genetic material, or deoxyribonucleic acid (dna), and then divides into two parts (cytokinesis), with each new organism receiving one copy of dna. Binary fission, meaning ‘getting divided into half’ is a type of asexual reproduction where a single living cell grows twice its size and then splits to form two identical daughter cells, each carrying a copy of the parent cell’s genetic material Examples of cells that use binary fission for division bacteria, archaea, and cyanobacteria (prokaryotes), as well as amoeba and paramecium. This form of asexual reproduction and cell division is also used by some organelles within eukaryotic organisms (e.g., mitochondria) Binary fission results in the reproduction of a living prokaryotic cell (or organelle) by dividing the cell into two parts, each with the potential to grow to the size of the original. In this method of asexual reproduction, there is a separation of the parent cell into two new daughter cells
This process happens with the division and duplication of the parent’s genetic matter into two parts. Asexual reproduction produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent because the offspring are all clones of the original parent
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