Binary fission is the form of asexual reproduction and cell division used by prokaryotic and some eukaryotic organisms . This process results in the reproduction of a living prokaryotic cell by division into two parts which each have the potential to grow to the size of the original cell.... yeast
Yeast
Yeasts are eukaryote microorganisms classified in the Kingdom fungus, with about 1,500 species currently described; they dominate fungal diversity in the oceans.... s. The most well studied species is S. pombe
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Schizosaccharomyces pombe, also called "fission yeast", is a species of yeast. It is used as a model organism in molecular biology and cell biology.... ; like the distantly related Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a species of budding yeast. It is perhaps the most useful yeast owing to its use since ancient times in baking and brewing.... , S. pombe is a significant model organism in the study of eukaryotic cell biology.
