LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Protists exhibit both sexual and asexual modes of reproduction. Among the asexually reproducing types, protozoans like Paramecium exhibit binary fission (both transverse and longitudinal). Slime moulds reproduce by multiple fission and by budding.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ciliates are a large group of single-celled eukaryotes that can reproduce asexually (e.g., binary fission) and perform sexual process (e.g., conjugation).

Detailed explanation-3: -Some protists use gametes to reproduce sexually, whereas others use binary fission to reproduce asexually. A good example of a species with extraordinarily complicated life cycles is Plasmodium falciparum, which has both sexual and asexual versions of the organism.

Detailed explanation-4: -The majority of the protists reproduce through a process called binary fission. The other two types of asexual reproduction that protists undergo are multiple fission and budding. Some examples of protists that reproduce asexually are amoeba, euglena, Trypanosoma, and plasmodium.