Question

The ability of a cell to divide into several cells during reproduction in Plasmodium is called
(a) budding
(b) reduction division
(c) binary fission
(d) multiple fission

NCERT Class X
Science - Exemplar Problems

Chapter_Heredity and Evolution

Answer 1

multiple fission is the right ans.

Answer 2

Answer:

During reproduction, the cell is divided into several cells in plasmodium is called multiple fission.

Option (d).

Explanation:

Fission is the process where one entity gets divided into many parts and then those parts develop into new entities having similar or almost similar characteristics as the parent entity.

Plasmodium is a parasite, which is responsible for the malaria disease. It undergoes multiple fission. In this a cyst is formed around the parent plasmodium, the nucleus now divides into many daughter nuclei.

Later the cytoplasm of the cyst also divides and each cytoplasm holds an individual nucleus in it. After some time the cyst will break and all the new plasmodium will be released.