Answer to Question #223184 in Zoology for Kabelo

Question

• Distinguish between binary fission and conjugation in paramecium and ensure that you can 

explain other protozoans reproduce.

Answer 1

Question:

Distinguish between binary fission and conjugation in paramecium.

 In binary fission, a parent cell divides to produce two identical cells, each with the 

potential to grow to the same size as the original cell. While conjugation is a type of sexual 

reproduction, it is a temporary union of two individuals of the same species for the purpose 

of mutual genetic exchange.

 Binary fission occurs in both prokaryotes and Eukaryotes while conjugation occurs in 

bacteria.

 In binary fission, there is no wastage of time since it only needs one parent to reproduce 

while conjugation reproduction occurs through the cell-to-cell contact between the two 

organisms.

 Binary is a method of asexual reproduction (a reproduction not involving sexual gamete) 

while conjugation is a method of horizontal gene transfer in prokaryotes.

Other forms of Protozoa Reproduction.

 Budding is a form of sexual reproduction in which a new individual develops from some 

generative anatomical of the parent organism, it also buds around a nuclear and pinch of the 

parent cell.

 Schizogony is the asexual reproduction characteristics of certain protozoa in which 

daughter cells produce multiple fissions of the nucleus of the parasite followed by 

segmentation.

 Fission is a form of sexual reproduction in single-celled animal, where the cells are split, 

most of the protozoa reproduce asexually producing two equal or in equal Cells.