These hyphae obtain food and nutrients from the body of other organisms to grow and fertilize. Moulds, yeasts and mushrooms, all of which are part of the Fungi kingdom, produce tiny filaments called hyphae. If the splitting occurs without the prior preparation of the organism, both fragments must be able to regenerate the complete organism for it to function as reproduction.įragmentation, also known as splitting, as a method of reproduction is seen in many organisms such as filamentous cyanobacteria, molds, lichens, many plants, and animals such as sponges, acoel flatworms, some annelid worms and sea stars. This kind of organism may develop specific organs or zones that may be shed or easily broken off. The splitting may or may not be intentional – it may or may not occur due to man-made or natural damage by the environment or predators. Each of these fragments develop into mature, fully grown individuals that are clones of the original organism. In multi cellular or colonial organisms is a form of asexual reproduction or cloning in which an organism is split into fragments. Fragmentation can be seen in certain algae such as spirogyra. In biology, fragmentation is when a body breaks up into two or more parts and these parts grow into new individuals. This aquarium is designed specifically for growing coral colonies from frags. Corals can be multiplied in aquaria by attaching "frags" from a mother colony to a suitable substrate, such as a ceramic plug or a piece of live rock.
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