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