AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Starfish is a bisexual organism and undergoes regeneration as a method for asexual reproduction. In binary fission, the parent organism’s cell divides exactly into two genetically identical daughter cells. During the process, the central discs present in the mature starfish break into two pieces.

Detailed explanation-2: -Asexual reproduction in starfish takes place by fission or through autotomy of arms. In fission, the central disc breaks into two pieces and each portion then regenerates the missing parts.

Detailed explanation-3: -Starfish reproduces asexually by the process of regeneration. In the process of regeneration, one or more parts of the organism get divided and each divided part develops into a complete organism.

Detailed explanation-4: -starfish follows the fragmentation method.

Detailed explanation-5: -Asexual reproduction amongst starfish is through fission where the starfish’s central disc is split into two pieces or autotomy where one or more of the starfish’s arms are lost.