You discover an unknown protist. A section breaks off from the main protist specimen, and this piece develops into an adult protist. Select the type of reproduction your specimen underwent and the name of this particular process.(1 point)

Responses

asexual reproduction; budding
asexual reproduction; budding

asexual reproduction; fragmentation
asexual reproduction; fragmentation

sexual reproduction; fission
sexual reproduction; fission

sexual reproduction; conjugation

1 answer

The type of reproduction your specimen underwent is asexual reproduction; fragmentation. This is because a section of the protist broke off and developed into a new adult specimen, which is characteristic of fragmentation.