Summarize the 3 types of cell division: Binary fission, mitosis, and meiosis

Binary Fission is the reproduction of prokaryotic cells (bacteria and bacteria-like Archaea) is accomplished through binary fission. Binary fission is essentially cloning. Barring mutations that may have occurred when the genetic material was copied (a process called replication), the two resulting daughter cells are identical to the parent cell.

Mitosis is a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth.

Meiosis is a process where a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half the original amount of genetic information.