Question

Which of the following is a major difference between binary fission and mitosis?

Mitosis can only occur in sexually reproducing eukaryotes.

In mitosis, two parents, or mother cells, are needed to initiate the process.

Binary fission can only take place in unicellular organisms.

In binary fission, there is no duplication of genetic material.

Answer 1

I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is the third option. The major difference between binary fission and mitosis would be that binary fission can only take place in unicellular organisms. Hope this answers the question. Have a nice day.