Schizogony

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The Schizogony or merogony is a form of asexual reproduction in unicellular organisms , especially among the Apicomplexa . Here, numerous daughter nuclei arise from the original nucleus through simple mitoses in the cell body , from which new individuals ( merozoites ) emerge after the disintegration of the mother cell, the schizont (these usually have eight nuclei in malaria tertiana ).

See also

• Fissiparie
• Autotomy
• Schizotomy

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