Multiple choice

The mode of reproduction in Leishmania, the organism which causes kala–azar in humans, is called

  1. binary fission

  2. multiple fission

  3. Both (1) and (2)

  4. None of these
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Explanation

Leishmania has a specific organisation of body. It has a whip-like flagella on one end. Due to this, when its fission occurs, it divides the body such that both get the flagella (duplicated). This is possible in binary fission, but not in multiple fission, which will require the division to occur in different planes.

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