CBSE Class 10 Science 2016 Term II Outside Delhi Set 2

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In the context of reproduction of species state the main difference between fission and fragmentation. Also give one example of each.
Solution:  
Fission is the method of asexual reproduction in unicellular form of life. In this process the parent organism splits to form two or more daughter cells. Example : Plasmodium and Amoeba. While in fragmentation, the filament of multicellular organisms break into many pieces which grows individually to a new individual. Example : Spirogyra.
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