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

sexual reproduction; fission
sexual reproduction; fission

sexual reproduction; conjugation
sexual reproduction; conjugation

asexual reproduction; fragmentation

1 answer

The correct response is: asexual reproduction; fragmentation.

In this case, the section that breaks off from the main protist and develops into an adult protist is indicative of fragmentation, which is a type of asexual reproduction.