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Select the INCORRECT pair regarding Asexual reproduction
Hydra – multiple fission
Yeast – spore formation
Plasmodium – multiple fission
Leishmania – binary fission
Hydra – multiple fission
Hydra reproduces primarily through budding, a type of asexual reproduction, not multiple fission. Multiple fission is a mechanism where a single parent cell divides into many daughter cells simultaneously, which is characteristic of organisms like Plasmodium.
Hydra reproduces primarily through budding, a type of asexual reproduction, not multiple fission. Multiple fission is a mechanism where a single parent cell divides into many daughter cells simultaneously, which is characteristic of organisms like Plasmodium.
Budding is like a tree growing a new branch that eventually drops off to become its own tree, whereas multiple fission is like an egg hatching into dozens of chicks all at once.
Hydra: Bud-ra (Hydra uses Buds); Plasmodium: Plural-modium (Produces Plural/Many offspring).
N=2n — where N is the number of daughter cells produced after n rounds of binary fission divisions.
In budding, a small outgrowth called a 'bud' develops on the parent body due to repeated mitotic cell division at a specific site. This bud matures into a miniature individual, eventually detaching to lead an independent life. In contrast, multiple fission involves the nucleus dividing multiple times within a protective cyst before the cytoplasm divides, creating many offspring at once.
Budding is an outgrowth process; Fission is a splitting process.
Binary fission results in two daughter cells, while multiple fission results in many.
Plasmodium undergoes multiple fission inside the human body during malaria infection.
Leishmania reproduces via longitudinal binary fission.
Asexual reproduction allows for rapid population growth in stable environments.
No energy expenditure required for finding a mate.
Lack of genetic variation makes the population vulnerable to environmental changes or diseases.
Biotechnology and fermentation industries rely on asexual reproduction in yeast.
Understanding fission patterns is critical for diagnosing parasitic infections like Plasmodium.
Option B (Yeast – spore formation) is technically incorrect in some contexts as Yeast primarily uses budding, but the question marks Hydra-multiple fission as the most blatantly incorrect pair.
Leishmania is a protozoan that reproduces through binary fission in a definite orientation.
Multiple fission is an adaptation for survival under unfavorable conditions (encystation).
A is correct — Hydra reproduces via budding, whereas multiple fission is observed in organisms like Plasmodium.
When answering reproduction questions, always link the method (budding, fission, fragmentation) to the specific organism's complexity level (e.g., Cnidarians use budding, while unicellular Protozoans use fission).
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