You Have Identified a New Single-Celled Organism in the Laboratory

question 23

Multiple Choice

You have identified a new single-celled organism in the laboratory and have observed that new daughter cells remain attached to the parent and then break away. What type of reproduction do you hypothesize that this organism uses?

• A) budding
• B) binary fission
• C) copulation
• D) external fertilization

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