STEM Dictionary

Lab Sciences:

Bacteria

Bacteriophage

Beaker

Binary Fission

Biodegradable

Biodiversity

Biohazard

Biology

Bioluminescence

Biosafety

Bond (noun)

Bond (verb)

Binary Fission

Definition

form of asexual reproduction in which a parent cell divides into two identical daughter cells

Sentence

Bacteria reproduce by binary fission.

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This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 1104229, 1501756, and 1902474.