Question

Another characteristic that you want to include in the introduction is bacterial reproduction. Prokaryotic cells have only one chromosome and lack any organelles such as a nucleus, which limits the requirement for numerous cellular processes when a cell divides to form two daughter cells. In both major forms of bacterial reproduction, binary fission and snapping, the single chromosome must replicate so that each daughter cell will carry a complete chromosome. During binary fission, the cell replicates its DNA and each DNA molecule is attached to the cytoplasmic membrane. The growing cell elongates the cytoplasmic membrane, which separates the daughter DNA chromosomes. The formation of a cross wall allows for invagination of the cytoplasmic membrane. The cross wall completely divides daughter cells, which may or may not separate. Snapping division, seen in some Gram-positive bacilli, occurs when only the inner portion of a cell wall is deposited across the dividing cell. This new cross wall puts tension on the outer layer of the old cell wall. Eventually, the outer wall breaks at its weakest point with a snapping movement that tears it most of the way around. The daughter cells can then remain hanging together almost side by side being held by a small remnant of the original outer wall. Choose from the following statements the ones that correctly discuss reproduction using binary fission in a bacterial cell.

Choose from the following statements the ones that correctly discuss reproduction using binary fission in a bacterial cell
Select all that apply.

A. Each daughter cell will contain an equal number of organelles.
B. The daughter cell will be a permanently smaller copy of the mother ceil but will contain a complete genome
C. Each daughter cell is an exact copy of the other, both genetically and morphologically
D. Due to the stretching of the cytoplasmic membrane, both cells will contain a complete genome

Answer 1

Option (C) and (D).

Step-by-step explanation:

Prokaryotes are the unicellular organism that lacks the membrane bound organelles. Prokaryotes multiply by asexual reproduction in the favorable environment.

Binary fission may be defined as one of the process of sexual reproduction generally present in bacteria. The daughter cell produced from the binary fission are the exact copy of parental cell, both morphologically and genetically. Each cell contains a complete genome as the cytoplasmic membrane is completely stretched during binary fission.

Thus, the correct answer is option (C) and (D).