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Why is amoeba considered an immortal?


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Amoeba:

  1. Amoeba is a particular type of cell or unicellular creature that can modify its shape, primarily via extending and retracting its pseudopodia.
  2. They are found in water bodies such as ponds, lakes, and rivers.
  3. They cause a variety of illnesses.

Binary fission:

  1. Binary fission is a method of asexual reproduction in which a parent cell divides into two halves, and each daughter cell develops into an adult.
  2. Amoeba is split by binary fission.
  3. Since they divide through binary fission, they are regarded as immortal. After binary fission, parents start living as two daughter cells.

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