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DESMOSCHISIS:
Asexual reproduction in which the parent cell divides to produce two daughter cells, each daughter retaining half the parent
theca, at least temporarily. During desmoschisis, the theca undergoes
fission along a predetermined
suture between
thecal plates. The
fission suture is oblique, usually from the top left to the bottom right (as in oblique
binary fission). See also
eleutheroschisis. Refer to Text-Figure 5.
DINOFLAJ (c) 1998