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THE ORGANISM: 



Binary Fission 



amitosis 



mitosis 



Multiple Fission 



Fragmentation 



\ ^ \f 



\/ 



individual 

 (a "bud") 



Microstomum ^ a flatworm^ showing 15 planes of 

 fragmentation 



Budding 



Marchantia, a pore liverwort Anthoceros , a horned liverwort 



mature 

 sporophyte^ 

 spores shed 



gemma cup with gemmae 

 (multicellular buds), 

 enlarged 



gametophyte 

 with gemma cups 



gametophyte 



Figure 6.2 Types of asexual reproduction. 



