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The 16 pages that link to Binary fission, each with the reason it gives.

• MeiosisCompared with: It produces daughter cells without meiosis's paired homologs and two successive divisions.

• MitosisCompared with: It divides cells without the eukaryotic mitotic nucleus and spindle.

• YeastCompared with: Some yeasts divide this way instead of producing a bud.

• Asexual reproductionBroader topic: This simple division is a common asexual route for single-celled organisms.

• MicroorganismRelated: Many bacteria and archaea reproduce by this process.

• ProkaryoteRelated: Many prokaryotes reproduce by copying their chromosome and splitting into two cells.

• BacteriumRelated: It is the usual way bacteria reproduce asexually.

• CytokinesisCompared with: It divides cells without the eukaryotic nuclear division that normally precedes cytokinesis.

• Cell divisionCompared with: It divides prokaryotes without the mitotic machinery used by eukaryotic cells.

• MicrobiologyBroader topic: Many bacteria reproduce by binary fission, making it a basic mechanism of population growth.

• Microbial growthRelated: Many bacteria increase population size by repeatedly dividing through this process.

• Bacterial sporulationCompared with: Vegetative growth by binary fission increases cell number; sporulation instead produces one resistant cell.

• Bacterial morphologyBroader topic: Repeated division determines whether cells remain paired, chained, or separate.

• Prokaryotic cellRelated: It is the common reproductive process by which prokaryotic cells divide.

• DesmidialesRelated: Desmids commonly multiply asexually by dividing across the isthmus between their semicells.

• ProtistologyRelated: Cell division is a major route of population growth in many unicellular protists.