Multiple choice

Which type of asexual reproduction takes the least time?

  1. Multiple fission

  2. Regeneration

  3. Spore formation

  4. Binary fission

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Multiple fission, regeneration and spore-formation, all require the formation of a large number of new cells by repeated division of initial or few cells. But in binary fission, only one division occurs and produces two daughter cells. Thus, binary fission is the fastest mode of reproduction. In fact, cells are known to produce daughter cells in twenty minutes of time from their own birth by binary fission.