In what organisms does cell division itself act as a mode of reproduction?

In what organisms does cell division itself act as a mode of reproduction?
  1. Plants and animals with complex organizations
  2. Multicellular organisms
  3. Protists and Monerans
  4. Single-celled organisms

Solution

In Protists and Monerans, the organism or the parent cell divides by mitosis into two to give rise to new individuals, thus making cell division itself a mode of reproduction.

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