multiple fission

noun

, Biology.

1. fission into more than two new organisms.

multiple fission

noun

1. zoology asexual reproduction in unicellular organisms, esp sporozoans, in which the nucleus divides a number of times, followed by division of the cytoplasm, to form daughter cells

Word History and Origins

Origin of multiple fission¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

The article describing these findings titled, "A Cell-Based Model for Size Control in the Multiple Fission Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii," was published on November 9, 2023, in the journal Current Biology.

From Science Daily

Ligni�res has observed a kind of multiple fission in the stomach, several very minute bodies, consisting mostly of chromatin, being formed, which may serve for endogenous reproduction.

From Project Gutenberg