Name the type of asexual reproduction in which two individuals are formed from a single parent and the parental identity is lost. Draw the initial and the final stages of this type of reproduction. State the event with which this reproduction starts.

1. Type of Asexual Reproduction

The type of asexual reproduction is Binary Fission (e.g., in Amoeba). In this process, a single-celled parent organism divides into two equal halves, and the parental identity is lost because the parent cell itself becomes the two new daughter cells.

2. Initial and Final Stages of Binary Fission

Below is the representation of the initial and final stages of binary fission in Amoeba:

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Initial Stage: A single parent Amoeba* cell with an intact nucleus and cytoplasm.

• Final Stage: Two separate, independent, and identical daughter cells, each containing its own nucleus and cellular apparatus.

3. Starting Event of Reproduction

This reproduction starts with the creation of a DNA copy (DNA replication) through chemical reactions in the parent cell, which is accompanied by the creation of an additional cellular apparatus before the nucleus and cytoplasm divide.