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binary fission

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binary fission
n.
A method of asexual reproduction that involves the splitting of a parent cell into two approximately equal parts.
binary fission
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) asexual reproduction in unicellular organisms by division into two daughter cells
binary fission
See fission.
Translations
binary fission n (Bio) → scissione f binaria
binary fission n (Bio) → scissione f binaria


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The bacteria reside in an early endosome, where they obtain nutrients for binary fission and grow into a cluster called a morula (Figure 1).
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum by Bakken, Johan S. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Thin-section electron microscopy showed reticulate bodies dividing by binary fission and elementary bodies in the inclusions; mitochondria surrounded the inclusions.
Isolation of Waddlia malaysiensis, a novel intracellular bacterium, ... by Hart, C. Anthony / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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