What is cloning, binary fission and …

Binary fission: It involves the longitudinal or transverse splitting of an organism into two equal halves which develop into two separate individuals.
  • Binary fission is generally seen in unicellular organisms such as amoeba and paramecium falling into the category of protozoa. Amoeba is a simple, unicellular organism which reproduces by binary fission. The division begins with the division of nucleus.
  • Binary fission can also be observed in multicellular animals like sea anemones and planarians.

Budding: This is a form of asexual reproduction which involves development of small mass of cells as protuberances on the parental body to give rise to new structures called as buds. These buds separate out from the parental body and develop into new individuals. Two types of budding are external budding and internal budding.

Cloning: It involves the creation of an exact copy of a biological entity.
•  Cloning involves the process of forming  a cell or a complete individual from a body cell.
•  A clone is created by inserting the complete genetic material of a regular body cell from a donor into a recipient.
•  Cloning is done in many animals including sheep, cattle, pigs etc. But for the first time cloning of sheep was successful in producing a clone of the parent sheep.