Question

What is amitosis????

Answer 1

Amitosis, also called 'karyostenosis' or direct cell division or binary fission. It is cell proliferation that does not occur by mitosis, the mechanism usually identified as essential for cell division in eukaryotes. The polyploid macronucleus found in ciliates divides amitotically.

Answer 2

Answer:

Amitosis or Indirect cell

division:

1. . It is also called Direct cell

division.

2. This is a method of Asexual

reproduction in unicellular

organisms e.g. Bacteria,

Protozoans etc.

3. It is also seen in Old and

diseased cells, Cells of

Mammalian cartilage, Foetal

membranes etc.

4. It was first discovered by

Remak.