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Asexual reproduction during which a bacterium clones itself and splits into two genetically identical organisms is called ________.

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Answer:binary fission

Explanation: bacteria are Unicellular prokaryotic organisms.

Reproduction involves one parent and so they do not produce gametes.

Since they do not have nucleus,they do not undergo mitosis .

They possess a long DNA strand which replicates itself. the cell membrane then divides to form two new daughter cells which are genetically identical to their parents.

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