binary fission
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of binary fission
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Some unicellular eukaryotic organisms undergo binary fission by mitosis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Name the common components of eukaryotic cell division and binary fission.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Cycles of binary fission can be very rapid, on the order of minutes for some species.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
It is in some ways analogous to the process of binary fission of single-celled prokaryotic organisms.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
This organism is remarkable in one or two ways: it possesses a contractile vacuole; the amoeboid trophozoites tend to form plasmodia; and the spores, of the usual simple type, may apparently divide by binary fission.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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