KnowraBinary fissionLinked fromLinked fromThe 16 pages that link to Binary fission, each with the reason it gives.All 16Broader topic 3Related 7Compared with 6MeiosisCompared 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.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.Bacterial sporulationCompared with: Vegetative growth by binary fission increases cell number; sporulation instead produces one resistant cell.