WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REGENERATION AND FRAGMENTATION ?

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FRAGMENTATION

In cell biology, fragmentation is the breaking apart of cells or cell organelles into smaller parts. Fragmentation may serve as a normal function for the cell, but may also be the result of a disorder.

REGENERATION

In biology, regeneration is the process of renewal, restoration, and growth that makes genomes, cells, organs, organisms, and ecosystems resilient to natural fluctuations or events that cause disturbance or damage. Every species is capable of regeneration, from bacteria to humans.[1][2] At its most elementary level, regeneration is mediated by the molecular processes of DNA synthesis.

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Fragmentation is a form of asexual reproduction  where an organism is split into fragments. The splitting may or may not be intentional. Each of these fragments develop into mature, fully grown individuals that are a clone of the original organism. If the organism is split any further the process is repeated. Fragmentation is caused by mitosis. Meiosis is not involved in fragmentation.

Fragmentation is seen in many organisms such as molds some annelids worms, and sea star binary fission of single-celled organisms such bacteria  , protozoa and many algae is a type of fragmentation.Molds, yeast, and mushrooms, all of which are part of the Fungi kingdom, produce tiny filaments called hyphae. These hyphae obtain food and nutrients from the body of other organisms to grow and fertilize. Then a piece of hyphae breaks off and grows into a new individual and the cycle continues.

Fragmentation is observed in nonvascular plants as well, liverworts and mosses

Regeneration is the ability of a living organism to regrow a portion of its body that has been injured or lost. Plants may regenerate stems, leaves, and flowers so long as their roots have not been destroyed. Some animals with simple body plans, such as the hydra polyp and flatworm, can regenerate a complete body from small fragments of themselves. Crabs can replace severed legs. Mammals can regenerate liver cells and blood cells; other specialized cells are replaced with scar tissue that does not regain the function of the lost or damaged tissue ....

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fragmentation of organism called spirogyra

 

Worms such as ribbon-worms (Nemertinea) and flatworms (Turbellaria).

 

Nemertinea Turbellaria fragments to develop into complete organism

 

Fragmentation takes places in hydra, planaria and sponges. The fragments regenerate to form an entire individual.

Regeneration

Regeneration is one of the methods of asexual reproduction in lower or less evolved animals. When the parent body breaks into pieces, each piece can grow into a new organism.

regeneration in planaria
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Hi,

Both regeneration and fragmentation are the type of asexual reproduction. They both stands for the same meaning i.e growth of an organism from a part of the body. Regeneration is mainly associated with the animals whereas fragmentation is mainly associated with the plants.

Regeneration is of two types, in the first type, a part of the body that gets broken off or cut is regenerated. For example, lizards cast off their tails to escape predators and then regenerate them. The other type of regeneration involve the capacity to give rise to an entire organism from a cut part. It is seen in small invertebrates such as planaria and Hydra.

Fragmentation is also a mode of asexual reproduction. It is the unintentional cutting up of the body of an organism which each grows into different organism. It is most commonly seen in some algae.

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Renegeration is the growing back of a lost part of the body of an organism. It is usually used as a method of defence. it  cnnt  be settled  uder  reproduction....

Fragmentation...u cn  sayy..is an  unintentional  cutting  up .... of . .. the ....  body of an organism which each grows into different  organism.  It'zz....a mode of  asexual   reproduction.....
For example, a  lizard  can  intentionally  leave itzz.. tail  behind n grow it back  later  on. But the  tail  cannot  grow into a lizard. While  growing  the tail  back  means that   it can  regenerate  from the   point where  it was cut off, the tail not growing into a lizard  means that  it can't fragment itself to  reproduce.....morovrr...

 

Fragmentation is true for lower multicellular organisms which have cellular level of organisation...lik  spyrogyra..wenn  it bcums  too  large  it  break.....

On the other hand Regeneration is for higher mmulticellular organism who have tissue level of organisation EG: PLANERIA

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this  is  REGENERATION  in  planaria.....

REGERATION  IN  FLATWORM...

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  fragmentation  in  spirogyraa.....:))

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I CANT UNDERSTAND PLS GIVE A SIMPLER DEFENITION

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THANKS BUT IN REGENERATION TOO FRAGMENTS DEVELOP INTO NEW ORGANISMS RIGHT ?

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A GOOD ANSWER THANKS BUDDY

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