Asexual Reproduction in Unicellular Organisms > Multiple Fission

When a single organism divides into many daughter cells by forming multiple nuclei followed by cytoplasmic division, it is called multiple fission.

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The mode of asexual reproduction in which a single parent organism divides to produce many daughter organisms at the same time is called multiple fission.

When an Amoeba forms a protective covering around itself during adverse conditions and stops movement, it is called a cyst.

The process by which Amoeba withdraws its pseudopodia and forms a hard, protective, three-layered cyst around its body during unfavourable conditions is called encystation.

The small daughter cells formed when each daughter nucleus produced during multiple fission in Amoeba gets surrounded by a small amount of cytoplasm are called amoebulae or pseudopodiospores.

The type of multiple fission in which the parent Amoeba forms a cyst and releases many daughter individuals on return of favourable conditions is called sporulation.

The process of multiple fission occurring in the oocyst of Plasmodium inside the mosquito is called sporogony.

The daughter individuals formed as a result of sporogony in Plasmodium are called sporozoites.

The end products of multiple fission that are enclosed in a hard, resistant covering are called spores.