Question

Fission in plants- Write short notes.

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Fission in plants:

Fission is defined as process where a single organism divides into two or more individuals as a means of reproduction, not cell division. It is usually seen in bacteria which is considered plants by many biologists.

Fission in plants are of two types –

• Binary fission – Here unicellular plants like many bacteria undergoes fission to produce two daughter cells of more or less equal sizes. It’s a process of reproduction under favourable conditions.
• Multiple fission – Here some bacteria get encysted into a thick layer of cyst material and inside it, it undergoes several divisions of genetic material to form a huge number of small bacterial cells. Then, cyst wall breaks and it opens out.