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Malarial parasite shows which type of asexual reproduction?
Binary fission
Regeneration
Budding
Multiple fission
Multiple fission
Plasmodium (the malarial parasite) reproduces asexually through multiple fission during the schizogony stage in humans and sporogony stage in mosquitoes. In multiple fission, a single parent cell divides into many daughter cells simultaneously.
Plasmodium (the malarial parasite) reproduces asexually through multiple fission during the schizogony stage in humans and sporogony stage in mosquitoes. In multiple fission, a single parent cell divides into many daughter cells simultaneously.
Biological Classification & Protozoa: Plasmodium is a genus of unicellular protozoan parasites belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa, class Aconoidasida.
Plasmodium completes its asexual life cycle in humans through Schizogony (a type of multiple fission).
During multiple fission, the nucleus divides repeatedly by mitosis before the cytoplasm divides, forming numerous merozoites.
Female Anopheles mosquito acts as the primary vector where sexual reproduction (Sporogony) takes place.
Option A: Binary fission involves a single cell dividing into two equal offspring (e.g., Amoeba, Paramecium, Leishmania).
Option B: Regeneration is the growth of lost body parts to re-form a whole organism (e.g., Planaria, Hydra).
Option C: Budding is reproduction via an outgrowth or bud detachment from the parent body (e.g., Yeast, Hydra).
Four major Plasmodium species infect humans: P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae, and P. ovale.
D is correct тАФ Malarial parasite (Plasmodium) reproduces asexually via multiple fission (schizogony).
In Biology exam questions, remember that Amoeba undergoes binary fission under favorable conditions, but can switch to multiple fission under unfavorable conditions by forming a cyst (encystment).
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