CELL DIVISION AND REPRODUCTION
colony
a group of organisms attached to one another after undergoing asexual reproduction from a common parent
fragmentation
a phenomenon in which organisms break into two or more parts and then each part grows into a new individual
binary fission
asexual reproduction in which a single cell divides into two with no exchange of genetic material; reproduction method of bacteria
multiple fission
asexual reproduction in which a single cell undergoes many mitotic divisions in the nucleus and a number of daughter cells are produced all at once
budding
asexual reproduction involving the growth of a new individual from part of an older organism; uneven distribution of cells that results in one cell receiving most of the cell contents; in grafting, reducing the scion to a single bud
cytokinesis
the part of the cell division that causes the separation of the cytoplasm
mitosis
the process involving the division of the nucleus of a body cell