Fission (biology)

Binary fission of ciliate Colpidium, (a single-cell eukaryote)

Fission, in biology, is the division of a single entity into two or more parts and the regeneration of those parts to separate entities resembling the original. The object experiencing fission is usually a cell, but the term may also refer to how organisms, bodies, populations, or species split into discrete parts.^[1]^[2]^[3] The fission may be binary fission, in which a single organism produces two parts, or multiple fission, in which a single entity produces multiple parts.

^ Carlson BM (2007). Principles of regenerative biology. Elsevier Academic Press. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-12-369439-3.
^ Boulay R, Galarza JA, Chéron B, Hefetz A, Lenoir A, van Oudenhove L, Cerdá X (November 2010). "Intraspecific competition affects population size and resource allocation in an ant dispersing by colony fission". Ecology. 91 (11): 3312–21. doi:10.1890/09-1520.1. hdl:10261/63368. PMID 21141192.
^ Hubbell S (2003). "Modes of speciation and the lifespans of species under neutrality: a response to the comment of Robert E. Ricklefs". Oikos. 100 (1): 193–199. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12450.x.

[Carlson07-1] Carlson BM (2007). Principles of regenerative biology. Elsevier Academic Press. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-12-369439-3.

[Boulay10-2] Boulay R, Galarza JA, Chéron B, Hefetz A, Lenoir A, van Oudenhove L, Cerdá X (November 2010). "Intraspecific competition affects population size and resource allocation in an ant dispersing by colony fission". Ecology. 91 (11): 3312–21. doi:10.1890/09-1520.1. hdl:10261/63368. PMID 21141192.

[Hubbell03-3] Hubbell S (2003). "Modes of speciation and the lifespans of species under neutrality: a response to the comment of Robert E. Ricklefs". Oikos. 100 (1): 193–199. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12450.x.

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