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Question
How does multiple fission occur in an organism? Explain briefly.
Solution
It occurs when the nucleus of the parent cell divides repeatedly, without the separation of the cytoplasm. Later, each nucleus separates along with a part of the cytoplasm to form many daughter cells.
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