Combined Science GCSE
Asexual reproduction by binary fission
What Asexual reproduction by binary fission means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A single parent cell divides into two genetically identical daughter cells, and under favourable conditions this can happen every 20 minutes or so.
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