How Cells Split by Binary Fission

Binary fission is a common way that bacteria and archaea reproduce. In this process, one parent cell divides into two parts. Each new cell can then grow to the size of the original parent cell. This is an asexual form of reproduction, so the cells produced are genetically identical.

Binary fissio...

Prokaryotes propagate via cell division, albeit by using a different process than eukaryotes, one that's asexual, forming two genetically identical clones of itself. This type of reproduction is termed binary fission, meaning division in half.

To divide, the cell first replaces its DNA, copying the chromosome from its origin of replicati...